Miller's Court - A Matter of Faith #109

DateMay 7 1987

Can DescriptionsMaster Miller's Court X4427 A Matter of Faith Rec. 5/7/87

AbstractMiller's Court: A Matter of Faith; A TV preacher leaves his broadcast pulpit, and is stopped by a supplicant who later bequeaths her inheritance to the ministry upon her death; her husband decides to sue the evangelist for damages; Arthur Miller welcomes the audience and Michael Mone, who represents the plaintiff and Rikki Klieman, for the defendant; black screen breaks; actors, as the plaintiff and defendant, respond to questions in a mock trial before a jury; after closing arguments from each of the attorneys the audience is invited to vote by calling a phone number posted on the screen during a short break; Arthur Miller talks with the lawyers about their tactics; he then turns to the jurors about what they thought of the evidence; 8 jurors voted against awarding the money to the husband and 4 voted for awarding it to the husband;

OtherIn the studio Elizabeth Cheng, Richard Puttkamer, Curtis Poole, Linda Adler, Stephanie Levin, John Boyle III, Bruce Goldman, Kif Williams, George Ellard, David Gardiner, Zip Bradwell, Bill Kinton, Howard Rouse, Wayne C. Smith, Richard Erickson, Susan Krieger, Jeff McKeon, Roger Rice, Geoffrey Sullivan, Susan Krieger, Alice Daly, Robert Hakkila, Scott Philbrick, Ted Talanian, Yu-ling Wang, Mary Beth Delamere, David Siggers, Ed Andre, Jack Barry, Jodi Adelson, Leona McCarthy, Michael Fennemoree, Charles Kevin Boyle, Netta Vercollone;