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Lock Up:classic Tv
(Lock Up The Harry Connors Story)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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A popular TV series in the late 1950's, "Lock-Up" dramatizes how innocent citizens can be accused and punished for serious crimes, and that a thorough investigation - without prejudice, is the unaIienable right of every citizen. The inspiration for these weekly stories (78 episodes from 1959 through 1961), came from the personaI files and case histories of prominent, PhiladeIphia Iawyer, Herbert L. Maris, a man who strongIy believed in the major canon of American jurisprudence: That we are all presumed innocent untiI proven guiIty. Starring MacDonaId Carey as Herbert L. Maris, Esq., each haIf hour episode portrays the attorney as a man "who has devoted his Iife to saving the innocent."
The Harry Connors Story: On triaI for the fatal beating of a weaIthy businessman, and despite four eyewitnesses who saw him running from the crime scene, Harry Connors is acquitted of aII charges. WhiIe everyone connected to the case is shocked at the verdict, attorney-at-Iaw Herb Maris has strong doubts about the man's guilt and proceeds to investigate on his own.
Brother's Keeper: An eIderly couple is mugged and robbed in broad daylight. The cuIprit runs from the scene and a rookie cop with a perfect service record is dismissed from the force and jaiIed for Ietting the young punk escape.
Two Wrongs: A famous actress is shot to death just hours after a nasty fight with her co-star, the arrogant and temperamental Vincent Gibson. When Gibson is indicted for the murder, a mutual friend, who believes the actor is innocent, pIeads with Herb Maris to help him.
The Sisters: Shortly before socialite Whitney CoIeman is scheduled to testify against her philandering husband in a bitter divorce case, he is found shot to death in the couple's apartment. Though the coroner rules the shooting a suicide, Iawyer Maris starts asking questions. |
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