The Law and Mr. Jones

{{Infobox television

| image = James Whitmore Law and Mr. Jones 1962.JPG

| caption = Conlan Carter, Janet De Gore and James Whitmore (1962)

| genre = Legal drama

| creator = Sy Gomberg

| writer = William Bast
Sy Gomberg
Lester Pine
Robert Pirosh

| director = David Alexander
Charles F. Haas
Robert Ellis Miller

| starring = James Whitmore
Janet De Gore
Conlan Carter

| composer = Hans Salter

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 2

| num_episodes = 45

| producer = Sy Gomberg

| company = Naxan Productions
Four Star Television

| runtime =

| channel = ABC

| first_aired = {{start date|1960|10|7}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1962|7|12}}

}}

The Law and Mr. Jones is an American legal drama series starring James Whitmore. The series aired on ABC in two nonconsecutive seasons from October 7, 1960 to June 2, 1961, and again from April 19 to July 12, 1962. The program was created and produced by Sy Gomberg, and was set in New York City.Alex McNeil, Total Television, 4th edition, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, p. 471[http://www.film.com/tv/the-law-and-mr-jones/21330148 Film.com, The Law and Mr. Jones]

Cast

=Main=

James Whitmore as Abraham Lincoln Jones
Janet De Gore as Marsha Spear
Conlan Carter as C.E. Carruthers

=Recurring=

Russ Brown as Thomas Jones, father of Abraham Lincoln Jones{{cite book|pages=166–167|chapter=The Law and Mr. Jones|title=Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows|author=Hal Erickson|publisher=McFarland & Company}}

=Guest stars=

Notable guest stars include:

J. Pat O'Malley, a character actor, in "What's in a Name?"
Frank Silvera as Garcia in "Music to Hurt By"
Parley Baer, noted character actor, in "Drivel"
Beverly Washburn, who starred with Loretta Young and in the 1957 western film Old Yeller, as Sue in "A Question of Guilt"
Barbara Bain, later of Mission: Impossible, as D.J. in "Christmas Is a Legal Holiday"
Nancy Marchand, later the publisher on Lou Grant, as Dorothy in "The Long Echo"
William Fawcett in "The Great Gambling Raid"
Norman Fell, also on 87th Precinct, as Fred Cook in the episode "Lethal Weapons"
Eduard Franz as Gustave Helmer and Jack Mullaney in "The Concert"
Dick Powell as Colonel Drayton in "Everybody Versus Timmy Drayton"
Vic Morrow, later of Combat!, as Dr. Bigelow in "A Very Special Citizen"
Robert Middleton in "Accidental Tourist"
Whit Bissell as Howard Barron and Otto Kruger as Franklyn Malleson Ghentin in "A Fool for a Client"
Ross Martin, later on The Wild Wild West, as Frank Brody and Harry Dean Stanton as Harry Walker in "The Enemy"
Michael Parks, later of Then Came Bronson, in "One by One"
Roger Mobley, a Disney child actor, as Tommy Pierce in "The Boy Who Said No"
Eve McVeagh, film and television actress and Hitchcock favorite in episode "The Boy Who Said No"
John Larch as Richard Walker in "The Reunion"
Tom Bosley, later of Happy Days, as Assistant District Attorney Ryan in "The Man Who Wanted to Die"
Jack Albertson, who played Grandpa Joe in the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, as Karl Hansen in "Accidental Jeopardy"
Brenda Scott as Mary in "My Worthy Colleague"

Production

In 2000, James Whitmore said of the series, "That thing arose out of the American Civil Liberties Union … This was right after the McCarthy thing was so hot in this country, and I thought it was time we did something about the right of people to disagree with one another in a reasonable fashion … That was the predication of that show, and I produced it … It was a wonderful experience." ABC had canceled the series after its first season, but thousands of angry letters from fans convinced them to bring the show back in 1962.{{cite book|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present|year=2003|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=0-345-45542-8|pages=666}} Whitmore explained, "We were taken off the air after one year, because I didn't want to do the commercials [for] Gleem Toothpaste. They wanted me as that character, that lawyer, to come on and say, 'You ought to use Gleem toothpaste,' and I didn't think I wanted to do that, so they dropped us. Procter and Gamble were our sponsors. Then, they had an astonishing hundreds of thousands of letters. It was engineered by some newspaper guys to get the show back on, and they brought it back on. I believe, if I'm not mistaken, the only time that had ever happened, with a TV show. I think it's happened since, but not at that point. We were brought back for one year."[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mquEDLjyXaU, James Whitmore Interview 2000]

Episodes

=Season 1 (1960–61)=

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|EpisodeNumber = 1

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = What's in a Name?

|DirectedBy = Lamont Johnson

|WrittenBy = Sy Gomberg

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|10|7}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 2

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Music to Hurt By

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = Sy Gomberg

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|10|14}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 3

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = The Baby

|DirectedBy = Robert Ellis Miller

|WrittenBy = Sy Gomberg

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|10|28}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 4

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Drivel

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = Sy Gomberg

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|11|4}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 5

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Semper Fidelis

|DirectedBy = Charles Haas

|WrittenBy = Robert Pirosh

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|11|11}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 6

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Promise of Life

|DirectedBy = Charles Haas

|WrittenBy = Les Pine

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|11|18}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 7

|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title = The Storyville Gang

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = Robert Pirosh

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|11|25}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8

|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title = No Sale

|DirectedBy = Charles Haas

|WrittenBy = Palmer Thompson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|12|2}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9

|EpisodeNumber2 = 9

|Title = A Question of Guilt

|DirectedBy = Robert Ellis Miller

|WrittenBy = Paul David

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|12|16}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 10

|EpisodeNumber2 = 10

|Title = Christmas is a Legal Holiday

|DirectedBy = Robert Ellis Miller

|WrittenBy = Sy Gomberg

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|12|23}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 11

|EpisodeNumber2 = 11

|Title = The Long Echo

|DirectedBy = Robert Ellis Miller

|WrittenBy = Paul David

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|12|30}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 12

|EpisodeNumber2 = 12

|Title = The Great Gambling Raid

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = Sy Gomberg

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|1|6}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 13

|EpisodeNumber2 = 13

|Title = The Trophy

|DirectedBy = Robert Ellis Miller

|WrittenBy = Sy Gomberg

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|1|13}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 14

|EpisodeNumber2 = 14

|Title = Indian War

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = Paul David

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|1|20}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 15

|EpisodeNumber2 = 15

|Title = Exit

|DirectedBy = Robert Ellis Miller

|WrittenBy = Paul David

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|1|27}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 16

|EpisodeNumber2 = 16

|Title = Unbury the Dead

|DirectedBy = Tom Gries

|WrittenBy = Sy Gomberg

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|2|3}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 17

|EpisodeNumber2 = 17

|Title = The End Justifies the End

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = Arthur Ross & Sy Gomberg

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|2|10}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 18

|EpisodeNumber2 = 18

|Title = Lethal Weapons

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = Palmer Thompson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|2|17}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 19

|EpisodeNumber2 = 19

|Title = One for the Money

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = Palmer Thompson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|2|24}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 20

|EpisodeNumber2 = 20

|Title = Cold Turkey

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = Les Pine

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|3|3}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 21

|EpisodeNumber2 = 21

|Title = The Concert

|DirectedBy = Robert Ellis Miller

|WrittenBy = Paul David

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|3|10}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 22

|EpisodeNumber2 = 22

|Title = Everybody vs. Timmy Drayton

|DirectedBy = Robert Ellis Miller

|WrittenBy = Franklin Barton & Sy Gomberg

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|3|17}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 23

|EpisodeNumber2 = 23

|Title = A Very Special Citizen

|DirectedBy = Robert Ellis Miller

|WrittenBy = Paul David

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|3|24}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 24

|EpisodeNumber2 = 24

|Title = Accidental Jeopardy

|DirectedBy = Lamont Johnson

|WrittenBy = Palmer Thompson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|3|31}}

|ShortSummary=

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 25

|EpisodeNumber2 = 25

|Title = Mea Culpa

|DirectedBy = Lamont Johnson

|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Arnold & Lois Peyser |t= Richard P. McDonagh & Sy Gomberg}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|4|7}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 26

|EpisodeNumber2 = 26

|Title = A Fool for a Client

|DirectedBy = Lamont Johnson

|WrittenBy = Ernest Kinoy

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|4|21}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 27

|EpisodeNumber2 = 27

|Title = The Enemy

|DirectedBy = Robert Ellis Miller

|WrittenBy = Ernest Kinoy

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|4|28}}

|ShortSummary=

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 28

|EpisodeNumber2 = 28

|Title = One by One

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = Wallace Ware

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|5|5}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 29

|EpisodeNumber2 = 29

|Title = A Quiet Town

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = Richard P. McDonagh

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|5|12}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 30

|EpisodeNumber2 = 30

|Title = The Last Commencement

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy =

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|5|19}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 31

|EpisodeNumber2 = 31

|Title = No Law for Ghosts

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy =

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|5|26}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 32

|EpisodeNumber2 = 32

|Title = The Broken Hand

|DirectedBy = Lamont Johnson

|WrittenBy = Palmer Thompson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|6|2}}

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=Season 2 (1962)=

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 33

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = No News is Good News

|DirectedBy = Don Medford

|WrittenBy = William Bast

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|4|19}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 34

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = The Boy Who Said No

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = George Clayton Johnson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|4|26}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 35

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Reunion

|DirectedBy = Stuart Rosenberg

|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Mort Fine & David Friedkin|t= Richard P. McDonagh & Sy Gomberg}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|5|3}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 36

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = The Walkout

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = Shimon Wincelberg

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|5|10}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 37

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Everybody is Money

|DirectedBy = Sydney Pollack

|WrittenBy = S. Lee Pogostin

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|5|17}}

|ShortSummary=

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 38

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Wilderness

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = Paul David

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|5|24}}

|ShortSummary=

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 39

|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title = The Man Who Wanted to Die

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = Sy Gomberg

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|5|31}}

|ShortSummary=

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 40

|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title = The Co-Operatives

|DirectedBy = Joseph Sargent

|WrittenBy = Sy Gomberg

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|6|7}}

|ShortSummary=

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 41

|EpisodeNumber2 = 9

|Title = Thicker Than Water

|DirectedBy = John Rich

|WrittenBy = Palmer Thompson

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|6|14}}

|ShortSummary=

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 42

|EpisodeNumber2 = 10

|Title = What Can You Learn from Smoke Signals?

|DirectedBy = John Rich

|WrittenBy = Sy Gomberg

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|6|21}}

|ShortSummary=

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 43

|EpisodeNumber2 = 11

|Title = C'est La Show Biz

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= William Bast|t= Richard P. McDonagh & Sy Gomberg}}

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|6|28}}

|ShortSummary=

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 44

|EpisodeNumber2 = 12

|Title = My Worthy Colleague

|DirectedBy = David Alexander

|WrittenBy = Paul David

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|7|5}}

|ShortSummary=

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 45

|EpisodeNumber2 = 13

|Title = Poor Eddie's Dead

|DirectedBy = Sydney Pollack

|WrittenBy = Sy Gomberg & Richard P. McDonagh

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|7|12}}

|ShortSummary=

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References

External links

{{IMDb title|0053517|The Law and Mr. Jones}}

Category:1960 American television series debuts

Category:1962 American television series endings

Category:1960s American legal drama television series

Category:Black-and-white American television shows

Category:American English-language television shows

Category:Television series by Four Star Television

Category:Television shows set in New York City

Category:Television series by 20th Century Fox Television

Category:American television series revived after cancellation

Category:American Broadcasting Company television dramas