The Law (1974 film)

The Law is a 1974 Universal Television made-for-television film directed by John Badham starring Judd Hirsch as defense attorney Murray Stone with John Beck, Bonnie Franklin and Gary Busey.

Plot
The workings of a big city's legal system are seen through the eyes of people involved in a sensational murder trial.

Cast

 * Judd Hirsch as Murray Stone
 * John Beck as Gene Carey
 * Bonnie Franklin as Bobbie Stone
 * Barbara Baxley as Judge Rebeccah Fornier
 * Sam Wanamaker as Jules Benson
 * Allan Arbus as Leonard Caporni
 * John Hillerman as Thomas Q. Rachel
 * Gary Busey as William Bright
 * Gerald Hiken as Judge Arnold Lerner
 * Michael Bell as Cliff Wilson
 * Herbert Jefferson Jr. as Maxwell Fall
 * Frank Marth as Arthur Winchell
 * John Sylvester White as Judge Philip Shields
 * Robert Q. Lewis as Speaker at Bar Dinner
 * Logan Ramsey as Raymond Bleisch
 * Sandy Ward as Hoak
 * George Wyner as Deputy D.A. Piper
 * Ernie Anderson as Barry Hale - TV News Anchor
 * Reb Brown as Tommy Cicero
 * Dennis Burkley as Monty Leese
 * Don Calfa as Rod Brainard
 * Helen Page Camp as Mrs. Bright
 * Alex Colon as Felix Esquivel
 * Regis Cordic as Raymond Churchill
 * Ted Gehring as Detective Sargeant Manfred
 * Corey Fischer as Nicholson
 * Pamela Hensley as Cindy Best
 * Milt Kogan as Detective Milt Vinton
 * Luis Moreno as Melendez
 * Joel Oliansky as Wystan Lanier
 * Eugene Peterson as Leon Zuckerwaar
 * Anne Ramsey as Eleanor Bleisch
 * Brad Sullivan as Officer Newberg
 * Keith Walker as Dwight Healy
 * Charlie White as Gordon Riefler
 * Alex Wilson as Mrozek
 * Henry Brown as Reynaldo Williams

1975 miniseries
A 1975 TV miniseries of three further hour-long episodes was created for Hirsch's character, each directed by writer Joel Oliansky:
 * "Complaint Amended", March 19, 1975
 * "Prior Consent", March 26, 1975
 * "Special Circumstances", April 16, 1975