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Farrell for the People (1982)

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Sitcom stalwart Valerie Harper trades jokes for the judiciary in Farrell: For the People. Valerie stars as New York attorney Elizabeth Farrell ("All she wants to be is a DA", declared the TV Guide ad copy, "but her toughest case is being a woman!"), whose case load runs the gamut from rapists to killers. This TV movie borrows a page from current events by fictionalizing the notorious Norman Mailer/Jack Henry Abbott contretemps. Farrell takes on an ex-convict who has become a best-selling author thanks to the intervention of the Manhattan intellectual elite--and whose latest creative achievement is murder. Farrell: for the People was the pilot for a projected TV series, but the central character was too bland and confining for Valerie Harper's talents. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Director(s):: Paul Wendkos

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Synopsis of Farrell for the People

Sitcom stalwart Valerie Harper trades jokes for the judiciary in Farrell: For the People. Valerie stars as New York attorney Elizabeth Farrell ("All she wants to be is a DA", declared the TV Guide ad copy, "but her toughest case is being a woman!"), whose case load runs the gamut from rapists to killers. This TV movie borrows a page from current events by fictionalizing the notorious Norman Mailer/Jack Henry Abbott contretemps. Farrell takes on an ex-convict who has become a best-selling author thanks to the intervention of the Manhattan intellectual elite--and whose latest creative achievement is murder. Farrell: for the People was the pilot for a projected TV series, but the central character was too bland and confining for Valerie Harper's talents. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Complete Cast of Farrell for the People

Valerie Harper - Liz Farrell
Judith Chapman - Victoria Walton-Mason
Norma Donaldson - Mrs. Grey
Richard Herd - Randolph Gardner
Steve Inwood - Alan Hellinger
Calvin Jung - Otis
Dennis Lipscomb - Jed Carter
Sandy Martin - Newswoman
Ed O'Neill - Jay Brennan
Eugene Roche - Patrick J. Malloy
Gregory Sierra - Mike Rodriguez
Martin Speer - Dr. Kramer
Fil Formicola - Cop
Bill Capizzi - Christy
William Brian Curran - Corelli
Bob Goldstein - Beansie

East Carlo - Judge Sanchez
Stacey Dash - Denise Grey
Rhoda Gemignani - Louise Theodakis
Kene Holliday - Ron Dixon
Chip Johnson - Barron
Floyd Levine - Judge Shafner
William Marquez - Oscar Rivera
Frank McCarthy - Vince Raleigh
Alba Oms - Rosa Delgado
Al Ruscio - Judge Portugal
Millie Slavin - Max
Bert Hinchman - Clerk
Will Nye - Fenwick
Celia Perry - Ann Grady
M.K. Lewis - Bailiff

Director(s):: Paul Wendkos

Writer(s):: Janis B. Hendler, Larry Brody

Producer(s):: Lin Bolen

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