This pharmacist plays God—and the D.A. is his worst customer.
D.A. Paul Ryan doesn't buy self-defense when a pharmacist fatally shoots an armed robber and brings the man up on manslaughter charges, for which he's convicted. However, when Ryan discovers the pharmacist's double life--he's been running a burglary ring out of the pharmacy, and the dead man may have been a member of said ring, he vacates the manslaughter conviction and sets out to nail him for murder instead.
Acting
Robert Conrad's simmering righteousness.
Writing
Tight reversal that flips your allegiance.
Director
Paul Krasny
Robert Conrad
Deputy D.A. Paul Ryan
William Conrad
Chief Vincent Kovac
Belinda Montgomery
Luanne Gibson
Steve Ihnat
James Fletcher
Don Stroud
Thomas Bertrand
Linda Marsh
Rochelle DeHaven
Roger Perry
Attorney Stevens
Leslie Parrish
Ramona Bertrand
Michael Strong
Arthur DeHaven
Ann Morgan Guilbert
Martha Grimes
Virginia Gregg
Judge Virginia Adamson
Thomas Hauff
Walter Gibson
Olan Soule
Dr. Samuels
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the first of three D.A. TV movies attempting to launch a Robert Conrad franchise after Wild Wild West ended.
The pharmacy-as-front premise echoed real 1970s Mafia schemes, making this surprisingly ripped-from-the-headlines for network TV.
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