MARCUS-NELSON MURDERS, THE {KOJAK PILOT} (TV)
Summary
A drama that functioned as a pilot for the police drama series "Kojak." In this drama, based on a case cited by the Supreme Court in the landmark Miranda decision of 1966 protecting a defendant's rights, Kojak becomes involved in the search for a murderer and rapist when two girls are killed in their apartment. A young black man is arrested and a confession is apparently coerced from him. He is tried and convicted of rape, then gets another chance when a mistrial is declared. Meanwhile, Kojak gathers evidence against Teddy Hopper, another suspect. The falsely accused man is acquitted, but then convicted on another charge of rape. Meanwhile, Kojak's strong and somewhat unorthodox methods result in the confession of the real killer. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: March 8, 1973 Thursday 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 2:23:12
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T80:0738
- GENRE: Drama, police/detective
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, police/detective; Crime and criminals; Trials (Rape); United States - Supreme Court
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1973
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Abby Mann … Executive Producer, Writer
- Matthew Rapf … Producer
- Joseph Sargent … Director
- Selwyn Raab … Story suggested by a book by
- Billy Goldenberg (see also: William Goldenberg) … Music by
- Bobby Russell … Theme Music by
- Andy Kim … Theme Music by
- Telly Savalas … Cast, Lt. Theo Kojak
- Marjoe Gortner … Cast, Teddy Hopper
- Jose Ferrer … Cast, Jake Weinhaus
- Ned Beatty … Cast, Det. Dan Corrigan
- Allen Garfield … Cast, Mario Portello
- Gene Woodbury … Cast, Lewis Humes
- Lorraine Gary … Cast, Ruthie
- Roger Robinson … Cast, Bobby Martin
- Harriet Karr … Cast, Ginny
- William Watson … Cast, Det. Matt Black
- Val Bisoglio … Cast, Det. Jacarrino
- Antonia Rey … Cast, Rita Alvarez
- Chita Rivera … Cast, Josie Hopper
- Bruce Kirby … Cast, Sgt. Dan McCartney
- Robert Walden … Cast, Mr. Fisher
- Robert Fields … Cast, Asst. D.A. Goodman
- Carolyn Nelson … Cast, Melissa Karr
- Lloyd Gough … Cast, Inspector MacNeill
- Lynn Hamilton … Cast, Arless Humes
- Lawrence Pressman … Cast, Cabot
- John Sylvester White … Cast, Inspector Hoffstetter
- Paul Jenkins … Cast, Al Stabile
- Helen Page Camp … Cast, Mrs. Hopper
- Ellen Moss … Cast, Lynn Peyser
- George Savalas … Cast, Jack Deems
- Alan Manson … Cast, Sgt. Roberts
- Fred Holliday … Cast, Sgt. Topf
- Henry Brown Jr. … Cast, Abe Humer
- Joshua Shelley … Cast, Mr. Sack
- Patricia O'Connell … Cast, Marge Corrigan
- Alex Colon … Cast, Roberto Timofeo
- Ben Hammer … Cast, Judge DeKana
- Tol Avery … Cast, Justice Redding
- Bill Zuckert … Cast, Judge Mathews
- Elizabeth Berger … Cast, Jo-Ann Marcus
- Lora Kaye … Cast, Kathy Nelson
- Steven Gravers … Cast, Irwin David