They Call It Murder | |
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Directed by | Walter Grauman |
Written by | Sam Rolfe |
Based on | The D.A. Draws a Circle (novel) and characters by Erle Stanley Gardner |
Starring |
Jim Hutton Leslie Nielsen Ed Asner Jessica Walter Jo Ann Pflug Míriam Colón Robert J. Wilke William Elliott Carmen Mathews |
Music by | Robert Drasnin |
Production companies | Paisano Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television |
Distributed by | NBC |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
They Call It Murder is a 1971 American television film directed by Walter Grauman and starring Jim Hutton.
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 [1] 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. [2]
The film went into production in 1969 and was completed February 9, 1970. [1] Jim Hutton stars as Doug Selby, district attorney of a small town outside Los Angeles. [3]
They Call It Murder was first presented December 17, 1971, on NBC. [1] 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. [4] No series materialized, and this TV movie marks Selby's sole screen adaptation. [2]
They Call It Murder | |
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![]() | |
Directed by | Walter Grauman |
Written by | Sam Rolfe |
Based on | The D.A. Draws a Circle (novel) and characters by Erle Stanley Gardner |
Starring |
Jim Hutton Leslie Nielsen Ed Asner Jessica Walter Jo Ann Pflug Míriam Colón Robert J. Wilke William Elliott Carmen Mathews |
Music by | Robert Drasnin |
Production companies | Paisano Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television |
Distributed by | NBC |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
They Call It Murder is a 1971 American television film directed by Walter Grauman and starring Jim Hutton.
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 [1] 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. [2]
The film went into production in 1969 and was completed February 9, 1970. [1] Jim Hutton stars as Doug Selby, district attorney of a small town outside Los Angeles. [3]
They Call It Murder was first presented December 17, 1971, on NBC. [1] 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. [4] No series materialized, and this TV movie marks Selby's sole screen adaptation. [2]