Lanigan's Rabbi

Infobox Television
show_name = Lanigan's Rabbi


caption =
genre = Crime drama
writer = Gordon Cotler
Norman Lessing
Don Mankiewicz
Robert Pirosh
Karl Tunberg
Terence Tunberg
director = John Astin
Joseph Pevney
Leonard B. Stern
starring = Art Carney
Bruce Solomon
composer = Don Costa
country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 4
executive_producer = Leonard B. Stern
producer = Gordon Cotler
Don Mankiewicz
David J. O'Connell
cinematography = Isidore Mankofsky
runtime = 90 mins.
channel = NBC
audio_format = Monaural
first_aired = January 22, 1977
last_aired = April 24, 1977
related = "NBC Sunday Mystery Movie"

"Lanigan's Rabbi" is a short-lived American crime drama series that aired on NBC during the first half of 1977.

ynopsis

Based upon a series of novels by Harry Kemelman, the series starred Art Carney as Police Chief Paul Lanigan, who fights crime in a small California town with the help of his best friend, Rabbi David Small (Bruce Solomon), who (much like Ellery Queen) solves crimes for a hobby. Co-starring in the series was Janis Paige and Janet Margolin as Mrs. Lanigan and Mrs. Small, respectively. Another regular on the series was Carney's daughter, Barbara Carney.

After a successful pilot film aired in 1976, "Lanigan's Rabbi" was produced as a series of 90-minute telefilms beginning in January 1977. The series was broadcast on a rotating schedule under the umbrella title "NBC Sunday Mystery Movie". Other series involved in the scheme were "Columbo", "McCloud", and "McMillan" (formerly "McMillan and Wife"). "Lanigan's Rabbi" was the last series added to the "Mystery Movie" format (it replaced "Quincy, M.E." at mid-season when that series was spun-off into a weekly program); in the spring, NBC cancelled all four series and discontinued the "Mystery Movie" format. As a result, only four "Lanigan's Rabbi" episodes were broadcast.

Cast

* Art Carney....Chief Paul Lanigan
* Bruce Solomon....Rabbi David Small
* Barbara Carney....Bobbie Whittaker
* Janet Margolin....Miriam Small
* Janis Paige....Kate Lanigan
* Reva Rose....Hannan Prince

Episode list

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