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They Call It Murder
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Wikipedia article
'They Call It Murder' is a 1971 American television film directed by Walter Grauman and starring Jim Hutton.
Production
'They Call It Murder' is a two-hour television film produced by Paisano Productions in association with 20th Century Fox. It was a pilot for a proposed TV movie series based on characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, who edited the script by Sam Rolfe. Walter Grauman directed; Cornwell Jackson was executive producer. The film is loosely based on Gardner's 1939 novel, 'The D.A. Draws a Circle'.
The film went into production in 1969 and was completed February 9, 1970. Jim Hutton stars as Doug Selby, district attorney of a small town outside Los Angeles.
'They Call It Murder' was first presented December 17, 1971, on NBC. Gardner had died by the time the film finally was given its world premiere. Paisano Productions had worked to launch a Doug Selby series for six years, while its series 'Perry Mason' was in its prime. No series materialized, and this TV movie marks Selby's sole screen adaptation.
Cast
* Jim Hutton as Doug Selby, D.A.
* Lloyd Bochner as A.B. Carr
* Jo Ann Pflug as Sylvia Martin
* Robert J. Wilke as Sheriff Rex Brandon
* Edward Asner as Chief Otto Larkin
* Bill Elliott as Deputy Bob Terry
* Mriam Coln as Anita Nogales
* Jessica Walter as Jane Antrim
* Carmen Mathews as Doris Kane
* Leslie Nielsen as Frank Antrim
References
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