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The Court of Last Resort
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The Court of Last Resort

1957
The Court of Last Resort
The Court of Last Resort

The Court of Last Resort

7.2 | en | Drama

The Court of Last Resort is an American television dramatized court show which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1958. It was co-produced by Erle Stanley Gardner's Paisano Productions, which also brought forth the long-running hit television program, Perry Mason on CBS. Its approach to dealing with potential miscarriages of justice in an entirely extra-judicial format was adopted by the BBC series Rough Justice in the 1980s.

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EP26  The Allen Cutler Case
Apr. 11,1958
The Allen Cutler Case

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EP25  The Todd-Loomis Case
Apr. 04,1958
The Todd-Loomis Case

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EP24  The Joel Sheldon Case
Mar. 28,1958
The Joel Sheldon Case

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EP23  The Mary Morales Case
Mar. 21,1958
The Mary Morales Case

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EP22  The Stephen Lowell Case
Mar. 14,1958
The Stephen Lowell Case

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EP21  The Joe Credo Case
Mar. 07,1958
The Joe Credo Case

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EP20  The Jacob Loveless Case
Feb. 28,1958
The Jacob Loveless Case

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EP19  The Frank Clark Case
Feb. 21,1958
The Frank Clark Case

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EP18  The Lester Arnold Case
Feb. 14,1958
The Lester Arnold Case

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EP17  The Peter Stevens Case
Feb. 07,1958
The Peter Stevens Case

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EP16  The Phillip Huston Case
Jan. 31,1958
The Phillip Huston Case

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EP15  The Steve Hrdlika Case
Jan. 24,1958
The Steve Hrdlika Case

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EP14  The Arnold McHugh Case
Jan. 10,1958
The Arnold McHugh Case

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EP13  The Westover Case
Jan. 03,1958
The Westover Case

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EP12  The John Smith Story
Dec. 20,1957
The John Smith Story

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EP11  The Jim Thompson Case
Dec. 13,1957
The Jim Thompson Case

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EP10  The Clarence Redding Case
Dec. 06,1957
The Clarence Redding Case

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EP9  The James Dawson Case
Nov. 29,1957
The James Dawson Case

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EP8  The Darlene Fitzgerald Case
Nov. 22,1957
The Darlene Fitzgerald Case

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EP7  The Conrad Murray Case
Nov. 15,1957
The Conrad Murray Case

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EP6  The Karl Hooft Case
Nov. 08,1957
The Karl Hooft Case

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EP5  The George Zaccho Case
Nov. 01,1957
The George Zaccho Case

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EP4  The Wesley Ferguson Case
Oct. 25,1957
The Wesley Ferguson Case

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EP3  The Forbes-Carol Case
Oct. 18,1957
The Forbes-Carol Case

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EP2  The Case of Thomas Mendoza
Oct. 11,1957
The Case of Thomas Mendoza

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EP1  The Gordon Wallace Case
Oct. 04,1957
The Gordon Wallace Case

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Released: 1957-10-04 | Released Producted By: Paisano Productions , Walden Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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The Court of Last Resort is an American television dramatized court show which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1958. It was co-produced by Erle Stanley Gardner's Paisano Productions, which also brought forth the long-running hit television program, Perry Mason on CBS. Its approach to dealing with potential miscarriages of justice in an entirely extra-judicial format was adopted by the BBC series Rough Justice in the 1980s.

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Cast

Lyle Bettger , Carleton Young , John Maxwell

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Paisano Productions , Walden Productions

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Cast

Lyle Bettger
Lyle Bettger

as Sam Larsen

Impasse The Fastest Guitar Alive Return of the Gunfighter Johnny Reno Town Tamer Guns of the Timberland Gunfight at the O.K. Corral The Court of Last Resort The Lone Ranger
Carleton Young
Carleton Young

as Harry Steeger

Sergeant Rutledge The Music Box Kid Cry Terror! The Court of Last Resort 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Arrow In The Dust Safari Drums A Blueprint for Murder Mexican Manhunt
John Maxwell
John Maxwell

as Alex Gregory

Cage of Evil The Man Who Died Twice The Court of Last Resort The Bigamist Without Warning! The Prowler Lady in the Death House Arizona Terrors

Reviews

jnskjackson I had read about this show in TV history books but also saw this program for the first time as part of Mill Creek Entertainment's "Best of TV Detectives" DVD box set. This collection features a lot of obscure and a few well-known TV detective shows, and is highly recommended for lovers of classic TV.Court of Last Resort was very entertaining and compacted a lot of action and plot development into a half hour. Perhaps the idea of freeing the wrongly accused is where Barry Scheck & Co. got their idea for their Innocence Project? (Even though DNA testing didn't come into its own until the last 10 years.) Too bad Court of Last Resort didn't last very long, despite the cachet of creator Erle Stanley Gardner, whose more successful Perry Mason was on the air the same time. A good way to spend a half-hour.
BCattivabrutto Having had the opportunity of seeing a few episodes of this show, which I had previously been unaware of, I have to disagree with the previous poster. Of the four or five episodes I saw, one had the CoLR finding the suspect guilty of the crime he had been accused of. I don't think one needs to make everything a matter of present-day politics, especially an inconsequential and probably largely forgotten (despite the participation of Erle Stanley Gardner) show from the 1950s.Watching the episodes I thought this show would still work today. I have to say that I like the one-half hour format for dramas. So many shows today are padded with fat. The half hour format really forces the writers to be economic in their storytelling.I saw this in Mill Creek Entertainment's 150 episode "Best of TV Detectives" pack. This has a number of obscure mystery series from the 1950s and early sixties on 12 DVDs. Well worth the $20 price tag.
brandtre This series was played against the backdrop of shows like Dragnet where the suspect was proven guilty -- if necessary he was given opportunity to confess. The court of last resort played upon police errors and the sympathy of the public.Convicts ready to be executed were investigated. ALWAYS, the police were wrong, they were wrongfully accused and they were freed in 30 minutes. I believe this was one of the beginning shots in the war of social engineering of Hollywood.We have today as the result, Miranda, and police and prosecutors that are handcuffed in protecting us from those who would break the law...

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