
BOLD ONES, THE: THE LAWYERS: PANTHER IN A CAGE (TV)
Summary
One in this series of legal dramas about the cases and courtroom defenses of attorney Walter Nichols and his protégés, Brian and Neil Darrell, one segment of a rotating set of programs going under the umbrella title of "The Bold Ones." (Other elements included "The New Doctors," "The Protectors," and "The Senator.")
In this episode, Kenneth Miller, a member of the Black Panthers, is falsely accused of killing a police officer during a raid on Panther Headquarters. Miller's disdain for the law, however, makes defending him more difficult. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: October 18, 1970 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:00:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T81:0860
- GENRE: Drama, legal
- SUBJECT HEADING: Black Panthers - Drama; Black power; Drama, legal; African-American Collection - Drama
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1969-1972
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Roy Huggins … Executive Producer
- Jo Swerling … Producer
- Steve Heilpern … Associate Producer
- Nicholas Colasanto … Director
- John Thomas James … Created by
- Stephen Kandel … Writer
- Pete Rugolo … Music by
- Burl Ives … Cast, Walter Nichols
- Joseph Campanella … Cast, Brian Darrell
- James Farentino … Cast, Neil Darrell
- Georg Stanford Brown … Cast, Kenneth Miller
- Charles Lampkin … Cast, Ralph Miller
- Gloria Calomee … Cast, Miriam Wilson
- Val Avery … Cast, Makarian
- Stella Garcia … Cast, Teresa Lopez
- John McLiam … Cast, Judge Wiley
- Gerald Hiken … Cast, Deputy D.A. Matthews
- Alan Baxter … Cast, Detective Sgt. Wilkerson
- Jeff Burton … Cast, Sergeant Jonas
- Arch Whiting … Cast, Sgt. Ernie Kramer
- Tom Castronova … Cast, Waiter
- Wallace Chadwell … Cast, Court Clerk
- Jack W. Krupnick … Cast, Officer Brock
- Michael LeNoir … Cast, Boy
- Frank Campanella … Cast, Dr. Charles Rowland