The Verdict Is Yours
1958–1962 · TV · 3 seasons · 48 episodes
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Overview
'The Verdict Is Yours' premiered on September 2, 1957, in the CBS Daytime lineup. Unscripted, the show featured real lawyers playing the lawyers and judge. The defendants and witnesses on the program were professional actors who ad-libbed their dialogue, although they were given a general outline of what they were supposed to say. Sportscaster Jim McKay was the original reporter, providing commentary on the trials. He was succeeded in 1960 by newsman Bill Stout.
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Key crew
- Max Morgan WittsDirector
- Eric PriceDirector
- Mike WoollerDirector
- Cedric WallisWriter
- H.V. KershawWriter
- John HopkinsWriter
- Phillip Grenville MannWriter
- Cyril AbrahamWriter
- Fenton BreslerWriter
- John WhitneyWriter
- Geoffrey BellmanWriter
- Peter PlummerDirector
- James OrmerodDirector
Cast
- Geoffrey SutcliffeCast
- David EnsorThe Judge
- John McGregorTelevision Reporter
- Jim McKaySelf - Commentary Reporter
- James FoxCouncil for the Prosecution
- Anthony HartwellJunior Prosecuting Council
- Jane HyltonMrs. Vickers
- Daphne AndersonCast
- Richard CaldicotCast
- Micheál Mac LiammóirCast
- Anthony SharpCast
- David MarkhamCast
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