Lock-Up (TV series)

Lock-Up (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Lock-Up


caption =
genre = Legal drama
creator =
writer =
director = Walter Doniger
Fred Hamilton
Jack Herzberg
Henry S. Kesler
Otto Lang
starring = Macdonald Carey
John Doucette
country = United States
language = English
num_seasons = 2
num_episodes = 78
list_episodes =
executive_producer = Frederick W. Ziv
co_exec =
producer = Jack Herzberg
Henry S. Kesler
sup_producer =
asst_producer =
cons_producer =
co-producer =
editor =
story_editor =
location =
cinematography =
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runtime = 30 mins.
channel = Syndicated
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audio_format =
first_run =
first_aired = September 28, 1959
last_aired = June 12, 1961

"Lock-Up" is an American legal drama series that premiered in syndication in September 1959 and concluded in June 1961. The half-hour episodes had little time for character development or subplots and presented a compact story without embellishment.

eries overview

The program starred Macdonald Carey as real-life Philadelphia corporate attorney Herbert L. Maris and John Doucette as police detective Lieutenant Jim Weston.

The foundation of each episode is the cornerstone of English and American jurisprudence: a person charged with a crime is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The series revealed stories about unjustly accused persons usually due to circumstantial evidence. The program's primary theme is that when individuals are charged with a crime not all is as it first appears and a thorough investigation is duly warranted in order to uncover vital facts pertinent to the case.

Herbert L. Maris had an uncanny sense about the honest, innocent persons who had been falsely accused. Herbert Maris was not a criminal attorney but spent his spare time helping defendants unjustly charged by the State. These stories do not involve Federal crimes. Also, each episode is more like "Dragnet" rather than "Perry Mason", as Herb Maris was not a criminal attorney or court wizard but rather a benevolent Samaritan.

Introduction

Each episode began with the following introduction: "These stories are based on the files and case histories of Herbert L. Maris, prominent attorney, who has devoted his life to saving the innocent."

Producers

Ziv Television Programs, Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio, a producer and distributor of forty television shows during the 1950s including "Highway Patrol," "Sea Hunt," "Science Fiction Theatre," and subsequently, ZIV-United Artists produced the television series. Later, Showcase Media of Studio City, CA distributed the series.

Marketing

The producers used the following tagline to market the series::Guilty until proven innocent.

Guest stars

Among the many guest stars on the show were:
*Robert Conrad
*Dyan Cannon
*Ellen Corby
*Harry Dean Stanton
*Gavin MacLeod
*Joe Flynn
*Paul Carr
*Leonard Nimoy
*James Drury
*Ted Knight
*John Carradine
*Buddy Ebsen
*Lyle Talbot
*Mary Tyler Moore
*Neil Hamilton
*Wanda Hendrix
*Angie Dickinson

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