Hellinger's Law

Mar 10, 1981

1h 40m

★ 7.5

Overview

A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrated the mob) accused of murdering a local TV newscaster.

Genres

Drama

Crime

TV Movie

Production Companies

Universal Television

Hellinger's Law Trailers

Cast

Nick Hellinger

Telly Savalas

Andy Clay

Morgan Stevens

Dottie Singer

Ja'net DuBois

Judge Carroll

Roy Poole

Clint Tolliver

Rod Taylor

Anne Gronouski

Melinda Dillon

Lon Braden

James Sutorius

Det. Roy Donovan

Tom McFadden

Cara Braden

Lisa Blake Richards

Julie Braden

Kyle Richards

D.A. Fred Whedon

Arlen Dean Snyder

Bill Rossetti

Thom Christopher

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