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Country
  
United States

Director
  
Language
  
English

They Call It Murder movie poster

Release date
  
December 17, 1971

Based on
  
The D.A. Draws a Circle (novel) and characters by Erle Stanley Gardner

They Call It Murder is a 1971 American television film directed by Walter Grauman, starring Jim Hutton.

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Production

They Call It Murder is a two-hour television film produced by Paisano Productions in association with 20th Century Fox. It was a pilot for a proposed TV movie series based on characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, who edited the script by Sam Rolfe. Walter Grauman directed; Cornwell Jackson was executive producer. The film is loosely based on Gardner's 1939 novel, The D.A. Draws a Circle.

The film went into production in 1969 and was completed February 9, 1970. Jim Hutton stars as Doug Selby, district attorney of a small town outside Los Angeles.

They Call It Murder was first presented December 17, 1971, on NBC. Gardner had died by the time the film finally was given its world premiere. Paisano Productions had worked to launch a Doug Selby series for six years, while its series Perry Mason was in its prime. No series materialized, and this TV movie marks Selby's sole screen adaptation.

Cast

The cast of They Call It Murder is recorded at the Internet Movie Database.

  • Jim Hutton as Doug Selby, D.A.
  • Lloyd Bochner as A.B. Carr
  • Jo Ann Pflug as Sylvia Martin
  • Robert J. Wilke as Sheriff Rex Brandon
  • Edward Asner as Chief Otto Larkin
  • Bill Elliott as Deputy Bob Terry
  • Míriam Colón as Anita Nogales
  • Jessica Walter as Jane Antrim
  • Carmen Mathews as Doris Kane
  • Leslie Nielsen as Frank Antrim
  • References

    They Call It Murder Wikipedia


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