The Judge and Jake Wyler

"The Judge and Jake Wyler" is a American television movie directed by David Lowell Rich. The teleplay was written by Richard Levinson, William Link, and David Shaw. It was produced by Universal Television and broadcast by NBC on December 2, 1972.

The title characters are a hypochondriac former judge who now owns a private detective agency and her parolee partner. The two are hired by Alicia Dodd to investigate the alleged suicide of her father, whom she suspects was really a murder victim.

Production notes

The film was a pilot for a proposed weekly series that failed to make the network's schedule. Earlier that year, Bette Davis had starred in "Madame Sin", a pilot for ABC that also failed to sell.

In 1973, the character of Judge Meredith resurfaced in the form of Lee Grant in the TV movie "Partners in Crime", scripted by Shaw and directed by Jack Smight [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070514/ "Partners in Crime" at the Internet Movie Database] ] . This, too, was a pilot that went no further than its initial airing.

Principal cast

*Bette Davis ..... Judge Meredith
*Doug McClure ..... Jake Wyler
*Eric Braeden ..... Anton Granicek
*Joan Van Ark ..... Alicia Dodd
*Gary Conway ..... Frank Morrison
*Lou Jacobi ..... Lieutenant Wolfson
*Kent Smith ..... Robert Dodd

Principal production credits

*Producers ..... Jay Benson, Richard Levinson, William Link
*Original Music ..... Gil Melle
*Cinematography ..... William Margulies
*Art Direction ..... Alexander A. Mayer
*Costume Design ..... Burton Miller

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068781/ "The Judge and Jake Wyler" at the Internet Movie Database]