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The Joseph Cotten Show (view source)
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'''''The Joseph Cotten Show''' (also known as '''''On Trial''''')<ref name="brooks">Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1979). ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946-Present,'' Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-25525-9. p. 315.</ref> is an [[United States|American]] anthology series hosted by and occasionally starring Joseph Cotten (1905-1994). The [[NBC]] series aired thirty-one episodes from September 14, 1956, to September 13, 1957.<ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television,'' New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 618.</ref> Four other new episodes were broadcast on [[CBS]] in the summer of 1959.
==Episode overview==
Cotten appeared in different roles in fifteen episodes, including the title character in the series premiere, "The Trial of Edward Pritchard," the story of a physician of questionable background in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], who is accused of having poisoned his wife and mother-in-law and who claimed to have been a personal friend of the [[Italians|Italian]] revolutionary [[Garibaldi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0665076/|title=''On Trial: The Trial of Edward Pritchard''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=February 24, 2022.</ref>
Virginia Gregg starred twice in historical roles, first as [[Mary Surratt]], the woman [[hanging|hanged]] in the [[conspiracy]] case stemming from the [[assassination]] of [[U.S. President]] [Abraham Lincoln]], in the 1956 episode "The Mary Surratt Case,'' directed by Ida Lupino. Cotten appeared with Gregg in the role of Robert Westwood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0665077/#comment|title=''On Trial: The Trial of Mary Surratt''|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=February 24, 2022}}</ref> Gregg also portrayed Frances Adeline Miller Seward, wife of [[United States Secretary of State]] [[William Seward]], who was stabbed the same night that Lincoln was murdered. Cotten played Seward in this 1957 episode entitled "The Freeman Case." This episode is not about the attack on Seward but about a legal case that the attorney Seward handled on behalf of the [[African American]] Willie Freeman, who was found guilty but insane of the murders of a white farm family. The prosecutor in the trial was John Van Buren, son of former U.S. President [[Martin Van Buren]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0665065/#comment|title=''On Trial: The Freeman Case''|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
In the first episode of 1957, "The Trial of Colonel Blood," Michael Wilding guest starred in the title role of Thomas Blood, the [[Ireland|Irish]]-born [[colonel]] who in 1671 tried to steal the [[Crown Jewels]] from the [[Tower of London]]. Norman Lloyd, a director of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]],'' portrayed George Villiers, the 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Henry Daniel portrayed King [[Charles II]] of England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0665075/|title=''On Trial: The Trial of Colonel Blood''|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
The series also aired a [[Queen Victoria|Victorian]]-era mystery "The Tichborne Claimant", with Gladys Cooper portraying the [[Roman Catholic]] Lady Tichborne, who seeks the whereabouts of her son, Roger Cooper, who disappeared at sea. In her search, Lady Tichborne encounters the [[Protestant]] Thomas Castro of Australia, played by Robert Middleton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0665074/#comment|title=''On Trial: The Tichborne Claimant''|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
==Other notable guest stars==
* Barbara Bel Geddes
* Olive Carey
* Hoagy Carmichael
* Chuck Connors
* Ellen Corby
* [[Joan Crawford]]
* Reginald Denny
* John Doucette
* Joan Fontaine
* Eduard Franz
* Florida Friebus
* Anthony George
* [[Ron Hayes]]
* William Hopper
* Kim Hunter
* Charles Laughton
* June Lockhart
* Hugh Marlowe
* Kevin McCarthy
* John McIntire
* Mala Powers
* Everett Sloane
* Rod Steiger
* Inger Stevens
* Audrey Totter
* [[The Troubleshooters|Keenan Wynn]]
==Production notes==
The series was filmed in [[Los Angeles]] in conjunction with Fordyce Productions and Revue Studios, later [[Universal Television]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048892/companycredits|title=Company credits for ''The Joseph Cotten Show''|publisher=[[Internet Movie Data Base]]|accessdate=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
In its full season, ''The Joseph Cotten Show'' aired at 9 p.m. Friday opposite CBS's ''Crusader'' and then, at mid-season, the sitcom, ''[[Mr. Adams and Eve]],'' starring Howard Duff and his then wife, Ida Lupino. [[ABC]] aired Jan Murra]'s ''Treasure Hunt'' quiz show in the same time slot.<ref>McNeil, ''Total Television,'' appendix.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0048892}}
*[http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/OnTrial.htm at CVTA with episode list]
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[[Category:1950s]]
[[Category:Television Shows]]
[[Category:Drama]]
==Episode overview==
Cotten appeared in different roles in fifteen episodes, including the title character in the series premiere, "The Trial of Edward Pritchard," the story of a physician of questionable background in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], who is accused of having poisoned his wife and mother-in-law and who claimed to have been a personal friend of the [[Italians|Italian]] revolutionary [[Garibaldi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0665076/|title=''On Trial: The Trial of Edward Pritchard''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=February 24, 2022.</ref>
Virginia Gregg starred twice in historical roles, first as [[Mary Surratt]], the woman [[hanging|hanged]] in the [[conspiracy]] case stemming from the [[assassination]] of [[U.S. President]] [Abraham Lincoln]], in the 1956 episode "The Mary Surratt Case,'' directed by Ida Lupino. Cotten appeared with Gregg in the role of Robert Westwood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0665077/#comment|title=''On Trial: The Trial of Mary Surratt''|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=February 24, 2022}}</ref> Gregg also portrayed Frances Adeline Miller Seward, wife of [[United States Secretary of State]] [[William Seward]], who was stabbed the same night that Lincoln was murdered. Cotten played Seward in this 1957 episode entitled "The Freeman Case." This episode is not about the attack on Seward but about a legal case that the attorney Seward handled on behalf of the [[African American]] Willie Freeman, who was found guilty but insane of the murders of a white farm family. The prosecutor in the trial was John Van Buren, son of former U.S. President [[Martin Van Buren]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0665065/#comment|title=''On Trial: The Freeman Case''|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
In the first episode of 1957, "The Trial of Colonel Blood," Michael Wilding guest starred in the title role of Thomas Blood, the [[Ireland|Irish]]-born [[colonel]] who in 1671 tried to steal the [[Crown Jewels]] from the [[Tower of London]]. Norman Lloyd, a director of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]],'' portrayed George Villiers, the 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Henry Daniel portrayed King [[Charles II]] of England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0665075/|title=''On Trial: The Trial of Colonel Blood''|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
The series also aired a [[Queen Victoria|Victorian]]-era mystery "The Tichborne Claimant", with Gladys Cooper portraying the [[Roman Catholic]] Lady Tichborne, who seeks the whereabouts of her son, Roger Cooper, who disappeared at sea. In her search, Lady Tichborne encounters the [[Protestant]] Thomas Castro of Australia, played by Robert Middleton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0665074/#comment|title=''On Trial: The Tichborne Claimant''|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
==Other notable guest stars==
* Barbara Bel Geddes
* Olive Carey
* Hoagy Carmichael
* Chuck Connors
* Ellen Corby
* [[Joan Crawford]]
* Reginald Denny
* John Doucette
* Joan Fontaine
* Eduard Franz
* Florida Friebus
* Anthony George
* [[Ron Hayes]]
* William Hopper
* Kim Hunter
* Charles Laughton
* June Lockhart
* Hugh Marlowe
* Kevin McCarthy
* John McIntire
* Mala Powers
* Everett Sloane
* Rod Steiger
* Inger Stevens
* Audrey Totter
* [[The Troubleshooters|Keenan Wynn]]
==Production notes==
The series was filmed in [[Los Angeles]] in conjunction with Fordyce Productions and Revue Studios, later [[Universal Television]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048892/companycredits|title=Company credits for ''The Joseph Cotten Show''|publisher=[[Internet Movie Data Base]]|accessdate=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
In its full season, ''The Joseph Cotten Show'' aired at 9 p.m. Friday opposite CBS's ''Crusader'' and then, at mid-season, the sitcom, ''[[Mr. Adams and Eve]],'' starring Howard Duff and his then wife, Ida Lupino. [[ABC]] aired Jan Murra]'s ''Treasure Hunt'' quiz show in the same time slot.<ref>McNeil, ''Total Television,'' appendix.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0048892}}
*[http://ctva.biz/US/Anthology/OnTrial.htm at CVTA with episode list]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joseph Cotten Show, The}}
[[Category:1950s]]
[[Category:Television Shows]]
[[Category:Drama]]