The Court of Last Resort(1957)
Overview
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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26 episodes • 1957
Season 1
26 episodes • 1957
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Gordon Wallace Case | Oct 4, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Case of Thomas Mendoza | Oct 11, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Forbes-Carol Case | Oct 18, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Wesley Ferguson Case | Oct 25, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The George Zaccho Case | Nov 1, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Karl Hooft Case | Nov 8, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Conrad Murray Case | Nov 15, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Darlene Fitzgerald Case | Nov 22, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The James Dawson Case | Nov 29, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Clarence Redding Case | Dec 6, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Jim Thompson Case | Dec 13, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The John Smith Story | Dec 20, 1957 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Westover Case | Jan 3, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The Arnold McHugh Case | Jan 10, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Steve Hrdlika Case | Jan 24, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The Phillip Huston Case | Jan 31, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Peter Stevens Case | Feb 7, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Lester Arnold Case | Feb 14, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Frank Clark Case | Feb 21, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Jacob Loveless Case | Feb 28, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Joe Credo Case | Mar 7, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Stephen Lowell Case | Mar 14, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Mary Morales Case | Mar 21, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 24 | The Joel Sheldon Case | Mar 28, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 25 | The Todd-Loomis Case | Apr 4, 1958 | 0.0 |
| 26 | The Allen Cutler Case | Apr 11, 1958 | 0.0 |
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