Miller's Court - Specials - Millers Court; Hired Guns

DateDecember 19 1984

Can DescriptionsMaster Miller's Court X3360 Hired Guns - Specials Rec. 12/19/84

AbstractMiller's Court: Hired Guns (Special); After a couple argues, the wife is found dead and the husband is charged with her murder though he claims he was absent during her death; Arthur Miller introduces the lawyers, William Kunkle and Joe Oteri, who argue the merits of the expert witnesses and circumstantial evidence before a jury; Eleanor McQuillen and Cyril Wecht are the expert witnesses; black screen breaks; there are flashbacks of the couple's life during the proceedings; Arthur Miller, in voice-overs, describes motives and details about what is portrayed by the players in the courtroom; Harry Lipsig, Roy Cohn, Rya Zobel, Henry Owens, and Rikki Klieman talk about the need for special witnesses; 8 jurors voted the defendant not guilty and 4 voted the husband guilty; some of the jury members talk about why they voted the way they did;

OtherIn the studio David Brezniak, Kathleen Patrick, Kim Ameen, Julie Sattler Rosene, William Lowell, Susan Bredhoff Cohen, Stephanie Levin, Tom Phillips, Bob Birkett, Bill Hartigan, Ellen Boyce, Frank Coakly, Alan Pratt, Doug DeVitt, George Ellard, Susan Krieger, Bill Frewald, Emmons S. Levine, Leroy McLaurin Chris O'Hare, Bob Oliver, Richie O'Neill, Ed Paolino, Scott Philbrick, Wayne Smith, Joe Spallino, Carolyn Stirling, Peter Walent, Frank Gallozzi, Bruce Goldman, Bob Marsocci, George Nahas, Skip Peabody, Rob Sturgeon, Joe Soucar, Michael Grana, Orrin Zuckerm, Marcelle Watkins, Carol Fatta, Steve Serio, Denise Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Smith M. Elizabeth Stasinos, William C. Brennan, J.Phillip Miller, Judith Stoia, Paul LaCamera, Waltham Hospital, George Katsas, Cate & Pratt Funderal Home, West Newton, Mass.;