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The Court of Last Resort is an American television dramatized court show which aired October 4, 1957 – April 11, 1958, on NBC. It was co-produced by Erle Stanley Gardner's Paisano Productions, which also brought forth the long-running hit CBS-TV law series, Perry Mason. 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.
Original Release
10/04/1957 on NBC
US Release
10/04/1957
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lyle Bettger | Sam Larsen / Sam Farrell |
| Carleton G. Young | Harry Steeger |
| Robert H. Harris | Raymond Schindler |
| S. John Launer | Marshall Houts |
| John Maxwell | Alex Gregory |
| Robert Anderson | Park Street Jr |
| Charles Meredith | Dr. LeMoyne Snyder |
| Paul Birch | Erle Stanley Gardner |
| Marian Seldes | Roberta Farrell / Mary Morales |
| Irene Tedrow | Vera / Sarah |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Gordon Wallace Case | Friday, 04 October 1957 |
| 2 | The Tomas Mendoza Case | Friday, 11 October 1957 |
| 3 | The Forbes-Carol Case | Friday, 18 October 1957 |
| 4 | The Wesley Ferguson Case | Friday, 25 October 1957 |
| 5 | The George Zaccho Case | Friday, 01 November 1957 |
| 6 | The Karl Hooft Case | Friday, 08 November 1957 |
| 7 | The Conrad Murray Case | Friday, 15 November 1957 |
| 8 | The Darlene Fitzgerald Case | Friday, 01 November 1957 |
| 9 | The James Dawson Case | Friday, 29 November 1957 |
| 10 | The Clarence Redding Case | Friday, 06 December 1957 |
| 11 | The Jim Thompson Case | Friday, 13 December 1957 |
| 12 | The John Smith Case | Friday, 20 December 1957 |
| 13 | The Westover Case | Friday, 03 January 1958 |
| 14 | The Arnold McHugh Case | Friday, 10 January 1958 |
| 15 | The Steve Hrdilka Case | Friday, 24 January 1958 |
| 16 | The Phillip Huston Case | Friday, 31 January 1958 |
| 17 | The Peter Stevens Case | Friday, 07 February 1958 |
| 18 | The Lester Arnold Case | Friday, 14 February 1958 |
| 19 | The Frank Clark Case | Friday, 21 February 1958 |
| 20 | The Jacob Loveless Case | Friday, 28 February 1958 |
| 21 | The Joe Credo Case | Friday, 07 March 1958 |
| 22 | The Stephen Lowell Case | Friday, 14 March 1958 |
| 23 | The Mary Morales Case | Friday, 21 March 1958 |
| 24 | The Joel Sheldon Case | Friday, 28 March 1958 |
| 25 | The Todd-Loomis Case | Friday, 04 April 1958 |
| 26 | The Allen Cutler Case | Friday, 11 April 1958 |
Directors
Reginald Le Borg, Tom Gries, James Goldstone, John Meredyth Lucas, James Sheldon, William Castle, Peter Godfrey
Writers
Arthur Weiss, Sam Rolfe, Donald S. Sanford, James Goldstone, Ken Kolb, Antony Ellis, Stanley Niss, Max Ehrlich, Laurence Heath
Creators
Harry Steeger, Erle Stanley Gardner
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lyle Bettger | Sam Larsen / Sam Farrell |
| Carleton G. Young | Harry Steeger |
| Robert H. Harris | Raymond Schindler |
| S. John Launer | Marshall Houts |
| John Maxwell | Alex Gregory |
| Robert Anderson | Park Street Jr |
| Charles Meredith | Dr. LeMoyne Snyder |
| Paul Birch | Erle Stanley Gardner |
| Marian Seldes | Roberta Farrell / Mary Morales |
| Irene Tedrow | Vera / Sarah |
| John Zaremba | Judge / Ben Oscourne |
| Herbert Lytton | Victim / Mike Grayson |
| Don Dubbins | James Dawson |
| Onslow Stevens | Puckett / Edward Kruger |
| John Verros | George Zaccho |
| Vaughn Taylor | Conrad Murray |
| Renata Vanni | Elvira Credo / Anna |
| Gene Roth | Peter Lucenic / McDougall |
| Chris Alcaide | Enright |
| Harold J. Stone | Captain Cunningham |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Jules Goldstone | Executive Producer |
| Elliott Lewis | Producer |
| Lonnie D'Orsa | Producer |
