Sam Benedict

S01 E01 · 1962-09-15 · 60 min

Hannigan

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.

S01 E02 · 1962-09-22 · 60 min

A Split Week in San Quentin

S01 E03 · 1962-09-29 · 60 min

Nor Practice Makes Perfect

S01 E04 · 1962-10-06 · 60 min

Nothing Equals Nothing

When Sarah Sykes murders her husband, Sam decides her only defense is to plead insanity.

S01 E05 · 1962-10-13 · 60 min

Tears for a Nobody Doll

S01 E06 · 1962-10-20 · 60 min

Twenty Aching Years

S01 E07 · 1962-10-27 · 60 min

Maddon's Folly

S01 E08 · 1962-11-03 · 60 min

Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells

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.

S01 E09 · 1962-11-10 · 60 min

Life is a Lie, Love is a Cheat

Attractive Carrie Morton, claiming she has been swindled by the man she loves, hires Sam Benedict to sue him for 25,000 dollars.

S01 E10 · 1962-11-17 · 60 min

The Bird of Warning

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!

S01 E11 · 1962-11-24 · 60 min

The View from an Ivory Tower

S01 E12 · 1962-12-14 · 60 min

Everyone's Playing Polo

S01 E13 · 1962-12-08 · 60 min

Too Many Strangers

S01 E14 · 1962-12-15 · 60 min

So Various, So Beautiful

S01 E15 · 1962-12-22 · 60 min

Where There's a Will

S01 E16 · 1962-12-29 · 60 min

The Target Over the Hill

S01 E17 · 1963-01-05 · 60 min

Not Even the Gulls Shall Weep

S01 E18 · 1963-01-12 · 60 min

The Boiling Point

S01 E19 · 1963-01-19 · 60 min

Green Room, Grey Morning

S01 E20 · 1963-01-26 · 60 min

Run Softly, Oh Softly

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.

S01 E21 · 1963-02-06 · 60 min

Sugar and Spice and Everything....

S01 E22 · 1963-02-16 · 60 min

Some Fires Die Slowly

Sam defends a man who is accused of arson and insurance fraud.

S01 E23 · 1963-02-23 · 60 min

Image of a Toad

S01 E24 · 1963-03-02 · 60 min

Seventeen Gypsies and a Sinner Named Charlie

S01 E25 · 1963-03-09 · 60 min

Accomplice

S01 E26 · 1963-03-16 · 60 min

Read No Evil

S01 E27 · 1963-03-23 · 60 min

Of Rusted Cannons and Fallen Sparrows

S01 E28 · 1963-03-30 · 60 min

Season For Vengeance