Owen Marshall - criminal defense attorney

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Television series
German title Owen Marshall - criminal defense attorney
Original title Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1971-1974
length 60 minutes
Episodes 70 in 3 seasons
genre drama
idea Jerry McNeely
David Victor
music Elmer Bernstein
First broadcast September 16, 1971 (USA) on ABC
German-language
first broadcast
July 24, 1976 on
German television
occupation

Owen Marshall - Criminal Defense Attorney (Original title: Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law ) is an American television series that was broadcast from 1971 to 1974 on ABC . The focus is on lawyer Owen Marshall from the California city ​​of Santa Barbara .

action

Owen Marshall is a widowed attorney who lives in Santa Barbara, California with 12-year-old daughter Melissa. With the help of his assistants and the secretary Frieda Krause, Marshall defends his clients in various areas of law. Marshall handles traffic offenses as well as divorce and murder cases.

background

The pilot episode of the series was filmed full-length. Screenwriter Jerry McNeely was a professor of law at the University of Wisconsin . In 1971 and 1974 two episodes were filmed that were cross-over with the series Dr. med. Marcus Welby make up. Guest stars included Rick Nelson and Peggy Lee . John Travolta , Mark Hamill , Farrah Fawcett , Tom Selleck and Louis Gossett Jr. played minor roles in the series early in their careers.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The mirror , issue 30/1976, accessed March 29, 2013.
  2. ^ A b c Hal Erickson: Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows , MacFarland & Company, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7864-3828-0 , p. 206. Here online at books.google, accessed March 29, 2013.