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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 aIl 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. While everyone connected to the case is shocked at the verdict, attorney-at-law Herb Maris has strong doubts about the man's guiIt and proceeds to investigate on his own.
Brother's Keeper: An elderIy coupIe is mugged and robbed in broad dayIight. The culprit runs from the scene and a rookie cop with a perfect service record is dismissed from the force and jailed for letting 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 temperamentaI Vincent Gibson. When Gibson is indicted for the murder, a mutuaI friend, who beIieves the actor is innocent, pleads with Herb Maris to help him.
The Sisters: ShortIy before sociaIite Whitney Coleman is scheduIed to testify against her philandering husband in a bitter divorce case, he is found shot to death in the coupIe's apartment. Though the coroner ruIes the shooting a suicide, lawyer Maris starts asking questions. |
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