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Trials of O'Brien: Notes on a Spanish Prisoner

on BBC One London

The escapades of a fast-talking high-living New York lawyer.
Starring Peter Falk as Daniel J. O'Brien
with Joanna Barnes as his ex-wife Katie, David Burns as The Great McGonigle, Elaine Stritch as his loyal secretary Miss G
with Buddy Hackett as Oliver Maxwell

No one believes Oliver Maxwell, an amiable but convicted confidence trickster, when he uses a familiar swindle to raise money for the release of a prisoner in a foreign jail. But this time the story is true - or is it?

Contributors

Director:
Stuart Rosenberg
Daniel J. O'Brien:
Peter Falk
Katie:
Joanna Barnes
The Great McGonigle:
David Burns
Miss G:
Elaine Stritch
Oliver Maxwell:
Buddy Hackett
Eva Grimaldi:
Mary Tahmin
Elena:
Ellen Madison
Judge Briscoe:
Martyn Green
District Attorney:
Morgan Sterne
Garrison:
Dolph Sweet
Tugboat Fenner:
Al Kelly
Process Server:
Joe E. Marks
Druggist:
Victor Junquera
Mrs. Brightstone:
Anita Dangler
Garabedian:
Ken Martin
Grimaldi:
Nino Ruggei
The Watcher:
Al Nesor

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