The Trials of O'Brien is a 1965 television series starring Peter Falk as a sordid Shakespeare-quoting lawyer and featuring Elaine Stritch as his secretary and Joanna Barnes as his ex-wife. The series ran for only 22 episodes. Among its guest stars: Milton Berle, Robert Blake, David Carradine, Faye Dunaway, Britt Ekland, Tammy Grimes, Buddy Hackett, Gene Hackman, Frank Langella, Angela Lansbury, Cloris Leachman, Roger Moore, Rita Moreno, Estelle Parsons, Joanna Pettet, Brock Peters, Tony Roberts and Martin Sheen. Falk often said that he actually liked this financially unsuccessful series much better than his later smash-hit Columbo.
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Peter Falk
Daniel O'Brien
Elaine Stritch
Miss G
Joanna Barnes
Katie O'Brien
David Burns
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22 episodes • 1965
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Over Defense is Out | Sep 18, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Bargain Day on the Street of Regret | Sep 25, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Notes on a Spanish Prisoner | Oct 2, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Never Bet on Anything That Talks | Oct 9, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 5 | What Can Go Wrong | Oct 16, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Goodbye and Keep Cool | Oct 23, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 7 | A Gaggle of Girls | Oct 30, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Trouble with Archie | Nov 6, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 9 | How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? | Nov 13, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Charlie Has All the Luck | Nov 20, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Picture Me a Murder | Nov 27, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Dead End on Flugel Street | Dec 3, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 13 | No Justice for the Judge | Dec 10, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Leave It to Me | Dec 17, 1965 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Alarums and Excursions | Jan 7, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 16 | The 10-Foot, 6-Inch Pole | Jan 14, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 17 | A Horse Called Destiny | Jan 21, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Blue Steel Suite | Jan 28, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Partridge Papers | Feb 4, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Greatest Game (1) | Mar 4, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Greatest Game (2) | Mar 11, 1966 | 0.0 |
| 22 | The Only Game in Town | Mar 18, 1966 | 0.0 |
