The Young Lawyers

Oct 28, 1969

1h 14m

★ 0.0

Overview

Attorney Michael Cannon leaves his Boston law firm to become director of the Neighborhood Law Office, where he guides three law students on a case involving two visiting musicians accused of robbing and beating up a cab driver. TV-pilot that was an ABC Movie of the Week in October of 1969 and then became a TV-series as part of the 1970-71 season.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

ABC

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Cast

Michael Cannon

Jason Evers

Ann Walters

Judy Pace

Aaron Silverman

Zalman King

David Harrison (as Tom Fielding)

Tom Holland

Ron Baron

Michael Parks

Frank Barron

Keenan Wynn

Bonnie Baron

Anjanette Comer

Jay Spofford

George Macready

Otis Tucker

Richard Pryor

Lee Ahn

James Shigeta

Maria Cannon

Louise Latham

Ted Robinson

Georg Stanford Brown

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