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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>

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>

Virginia Gregg (1916-1986) 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>

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>