''Partners in Crime'' is a 1973 American TV movie directed by
Jack Smight
John Ronald Smight (March 9, 1925 – September 1, 2003) was an American theatre and film director. His film credits include ''Harper'' (1966), '' No Way to Treat a Lady'' (1968), ''Airport 1975'' (1974), '' Midway'' (1976), and ''Fast Break'' ...
. It was the pilot for a prospective series about a judge who becomes a private investigator. NBC did not pick it up as a series but the pilot screened as a stand alone movie.
Plot
Judge Meredith Leland becomes a private investigator along with a paroled convict.
Cast
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Lee Grant
Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, during the mid-1920s) is an American actress, documentarian, and director. She made her film debut in 1951 as a young shoplifter in William Wyler's ''Detective Story'', co-starring Kirk Dougl ...
as Judge Meredith Leland
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Lou Antonio
Louis Antonio (born January 23, 1934) is an American actor and TV director best known for performing in the films '' Cool Hand Luke'' and ''America America''. He also starred in two short-lived TV series, ''Dog and Cat'', and '' Makin' It''.
Ear ...
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Robert Cummings
Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings (June 9, 1910 – December 2, 1990) was an American film and television actor who appeared in roles in comedy films such as ''The Devil and Miss Jones'' (1941) and ''Princess O'Rourke'' (1943), and in d ...
as Ralph Elsworth
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Harry Guardino
Harry Guardino (December 23, 1925 – July 17, 1995) was an American actor whose career spanned from the early 1950s to the early 1990s.
Biography
Guardino was born to an Italian family on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and raised in Bro ...
as Walt Connors
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Richard Jaeckel
Richard Hanley Jaeckel (October 10, 1926 – June 14, 1997) was an American actor of film and television. Jaeckel became a well-known character actor in his career, which spanned six decades. He received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominatio ...
as Frank Jordan
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Charles Drake as Lieutenant Fred Harnett
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Richard Anderson
Richard Norman Anderson (August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017) was an American film and television actor. Among his best-known roles was his portrayal of Oscar Goldman, the boss of Steve Austin (Lee Majors) and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) in b ...
as Roger Goldsmith
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William Schallert
William Joseph Schallert (July 6, 1922 – May 8, 2016) was an American character actor who appeared in dozens of television shows and films over a career spanning more than 60 years. He is known for his roles on ''Richard Diamond, Private ...
as Oscar
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Lorraine Gary
Lorraine Gottfried (born August 16, 1937), better known by her stage name Lorraine Gary, is a retired American actress, best known for her role as Ellen Brody in the ''Jaws'' film series. She also appeared in '' 1941'' and ''Car Wash''.
Early li ...
as Margery Jordan
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Gary Crosby as Trooper
Production
The film was announced in December 1972.
Reception
The show was the equal 27th highest rated program that week.
[Nielsen: The Weekly Ratings
By John Carmody. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 3 Apr 1973: B8.]
References
External links
''Partners in Crime''at BFI
''Partners in Crime''at
IMDb
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1973 television films
1973 films
Films directed by Jack Smight
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