About this season
Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The series was created and executive produced by E. Jack Neuman. Sam Benedict is based on real-life lawyer Jacob W. "Jake" Erlich, who served as technical consultant for the series.
Episodes (28)
1. Hannigan
Aired 15 September 1962 • 60 min
When her husband suddenly dies, Patricia Hannigan turns to the family's closest friend, Sam Benedict, for help in settling the estate. One of the survivors is the deceased's playboy brother James.
2. A Split Week in San Quentin
Aired 22 September 1962 • 60 min
3. Nor Practice Makes Perfect
Aired 29 September 1962 • 60 min
4. Nothing Equals Nothing
Aired 6 October 1962 • 60 min
When Sarah Sykes murders her husband, Sam decides her only defense is to plead insanity.
5. Tears for a Nobody Doll
Aired 13 October 1962 • 60 min
6. Twenty Aching Years
Aired 20 October 1962 • 60 min
7. Maddon's Folly
Aired 27 October 1962 • 60 min
8. Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells
Aired 3 November 1962 • 60 min
A young, married, and pregnant Orthodox Jewish woman asks Sam's help to get an Orthodox wedding. She has already had a civil marriage, but because her husband is an agnostic she is unable to get married in a religious ceremony which would please her and her family more. Meanwhile, Hank gets into trouble in his effort to locate the one witness who can help his client, as a debt owed by his client to the witness is mistaken for a bribe.
9. Life is a Lie, Love is a Cheat
Aired 10 November 1962 • 60 min
Attractive Carrie Morton, claiming she has been swindled by the man she loves, hires Sam Benedict to sue him for 25,000 dollars.
10. The Bird of Warning
Aired 17 November 1962 • 60 min
Diana Hyland plays a rich girl who has been arrested for drunk driving. Turns out she is an ex-fiancee of Hank Tabor, Sam Benedict's assistant, played by Richard Rust. He takes her in hand, for old time's sake, and suffers the consequences, though he ends up figuring out what her problem is and it isn't really drinking, it's a chemical imbalance. Nice scenes with those two. Another story involves the guest star George Tobias as a Hungarian who owns an ethnic restaurant. He's 80, married to a 42 year old and they want to divorce, but of course, Sam saves their marriage!
11. The View from an Ivory Tower
Aired 24 November 1962 • 60 min
12. Everyone's Playing Polo
Aired 14 December 1962 • 60 min
13. Too Many Strangers
Aired 8 December 1962 • 60 min
14. So Various, So Beautiful
Aired 15 December 1962 • 60 min
15. Where There's a Will
Aired 22 December 1962 • 60 min
16. The Target Over the Hill
Aired 29 December 1962 • 60 min
17. Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep
Aired 5 January 1963 • 60 min
18. The Boiling Point
Aired 12 January 1963 • 60 min
19. Green Room, Grey Morning
Aired 19 January 1963 • 60 min
20. Run Softly, Oh Softly
Aired 26 January 1963 • 60 min
Sam defends a man accused of swindling an insurance company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, while the daughter of the man Sam's client accuses of being the real thief asks Hank to help her father.
21. Sugar and Spice and Everything....
Aired 6 February 1963 • 60 min
22. Some Fires Die Slowly
Aired 16 February 1963 • 60 min
Sam defends a man who is accused of arson and insurance fraud.
23. Image of a Toad
Aired 23 February 1963 • 60 min
24. Seventeen Gypsies and a Sinner Named Charlie
Aired 2 March 1963 • 60 min
25. Accomplice
Aired 9 March 1963 • 60 min
26. Read No Evil
Aired 16 March 1963 • 60 min
27. Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows
Aired 23 March 1963 • 60 min
28. Season For Vengeance
Aired 30 March 1963 • 60 min