Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Eddie Capra Mysteries' from 1970-1982:
- Vincent Baggetta as Eddie Capra (1978-1979)
- Wendy Phillips as Lacey Brown (1978-1979)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Eddie Capra Mysteries':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
September 8, 1978: Who Killed Charles Pendragon?
Season 0, episode 1
W: Peter S. Fischer D: James Frawley
With Ken Swofford (J.J.), Michael Horton (Harvey Winchell), Seven Anne McDonald (Jennie), John Considine, George Hamilton, Robert Hogan, Lois Nettleton, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Stella Stevens, Robert Vaughn, Janet Margolin.
Series preview. An unorthodox lawyer is faced with a multitude of odd clues and suspects in his investigation of a sadistic publsher.
September 22, 1978: Where There's Smoke
Season 1, episode 1
D: Ron Satlof
With Robin Mattson (Jill Turnbull), Patti D'Arbanville (Nancy Sinclair), Zitto Kazann, Wallace Rooney, Randy Powell (Calvin), Patrick Reynolds (Wilmer), Bernard Barrow, Tom Drake, Lola Albright, Jim Antonio.
Series premiere. Eddie Capra offers his legal services for free to clear a young woman caught in a homicide, bribery and arson. Vincent Baggetta stars.
Season 1, episode 2
With Edie Adams (Claudia Carroll), Gene Evans (Collins), Anne Francis (Melissa Osborne), Bruce Kirby, Robert Loggia (Mr. Carroll), Ken Swofford (J.J.), Vic Tayback (Logan), Barrie Youngfellow (Gretchen), Mark Stevens (Ballinger), Seven Anne McDonald (Jennie), Christopher Stone.
Capra's client, a cabaret dancer accused of slaying her boyfriend's father when he voiced his disapproval of her, has an unusual alibi -- she claims responsibility for another homicide committed at the same time.
Season 1, episode 3
With Joyce Jillson, Vicki Lawrence, Joanna Miles, Andrew Robinson, Rick Springfield, Mel Carter, Dick Haymes.
Capra tries to prove the innocence of the secretary of a slain record company executive after an autopsy shows that he was both poisoned and shot, and that the suspect was the only person in the building with the victim.
Season 1, episode 4
With Andrew Duggan, Marshall Thompson, Kathie Browne, Angel Tompkins, Michael Durrell, Lee Wallace.
A tyrannical admiral, who quit the Navy to run for political office, is found buried on a beach in full dress uniform. His political rival, a former law partner of Capra's boss, is accused of the slaying.
Season 1, episode 5
With John Finnegan, Renata Vanni, Charlotte Rae, Granville Van Dusen, Denise Galik, Richard Styles.
Capra must determine if his aunt's complaints about attempts being made on her life and that of a friend are founded in truth or senility.
Season 1, episode 6
With Joey Aresco, Alan Manson, Pamela Serpe (Carla Pirelli), Warren Kemmerling, Michael Cole, Lonny Chapman.
A TV gossip columnist is murdered, and the prime suspect is an aging actor.
Season 1, episode 7
With Veronica Hamel (Jenny Wilde), Rip Torn, Greg Morris, Dick Gautier, Carmine Caridi, Tommy Leonetti.
Capra defends an alcoholic playwright who is accused of murdering a mysterious model.
Season 1, episode 8
With Peter Brown, Anne Lockhart, James Whitmore Jr., Peter Donat, Sam Bottoms, Floyd Levine, Caryn Richman.
An unstable young girl is held responsible for an auto accident which caused the death of an escaped convict.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Robert C. Dennis
With Bobby Van (Warren Custer), Pat Crowley, Julie Gregg, James McEachin, Ken Swofford (J.J. Devlin), Gloria DeHaven, Guy Stockwell, Michael Horton (Harvey Winchell), Seven Anne McDonald (Jennie Brown).
The skipper of a cruise ship asks Capra to find the shipboard murderer of a fugitive stowaway -- a con man who was carrying a fortune in diamonds.
Season 1, episode 10
D: William Wiard
With Barbara Rush, Troy Donohue, Robert Hooks, L.Q. Jones, Morgan Woodward, Hector Elizondo.
A hooker turned businesswoman is accused of murdering a friend of Capra's -- but turns to him for help.
Season 1, episode 11
With William Smith, Jane Merrow, Ralph Meeker.
The odds-on favorite to win the World Series of Poker dies in the middle of a crucial hand. (Last show of the series.)