Series · 1975
Kate McShane
The series
Kate McShane is an American legal drama television series that aired from September 10 until November 12, 1975. Kate McShane was the first series to feaure a female lawyer in the lead role.
Episodes
Season 1 · 10 episodes · 1975
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Episode 110 Sep 19751h 0m
The Best Possible Defense
In the premiere episode, ‘Best Possible Defense,’ Kate is stunned when a woman friend, Barbara Inerson, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder, stemming from a terrorist bombing during her days as a student militant. Kate realizes tha…
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Episode 217 Sep 19751h 0m
Terror on Sycamore Street
When a terrified homeowner shoots an armed intruder during a "wrong door" drug raid, it initially appears to be a clear case of self-defense. However, attorney Kate McShane must defend her client, Norman Kagan, against a murder charge stem…
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Episode 324 Sep 19751h 0m
World vs. Ackerman
A burglar is killed In a trap by a scrappy old man, played by guest star Jack Gilford, who insists he is innocent of wrongdoing and demands his day in court. Angered by feisty Joe Ackerman's refusal to let Kate McShane plea bargain for him…
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Episode 41 Oct 19751h 0m
Murder Comes in Little Pills
A pill-popping pro football star is charged with murder, but when Kate tries to defend him the powerful team management moves to get her off the case. Veteran player J.D. talks his accused buddy, Vinnie, into firing Kate, who realizes the …
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Episode 58 Oct 19751h 0m
Accounts Receivable
Suspicious when her client readily confesses to a puzzling murder. Kate tries to learn what really happened and stumbles on a top-secret government operation. Despite official warnings to halt her inquiries, Kate, with help from her father…
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Episode 622 Oct 19751h 0m
Publish And Perish
Kate uncovers an academic scandal when the pressure to “publish or perish” results in the slaying of Conrad, a scientist who stole another man's research. Charged with murder, the slain man's brilliant aide, Doug, refuses to plead guilty, …
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Episode 729 Oct 19751h 0m
Conspiracy of Silence
Kate and her friend (Susan Strasberg) take on the toy industry when the friend on a TV show, libels and slanders the company over the unsafe qualities of their products. The problem is, evidence isn't great — and even that is stolen. The b…
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Episode 819 Nov 19751h 0m
Midnight Lady, Pretty Lady
Billy, a former rock star trying for a comeback, is charged with murder in the lethal drug overdose of a young girl but maintains he is innocent. A young girl dies from a heroin overdose, and Kate McShane must defend the man who tried to s…
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Episode 912 Nov 19751h 0m
God At $15, 732 A Year
Kate defends an uncooperative detective who shot a suspect held in an assault on the cop's best friend's daughter. An arresting officer shoots one of a trio of rapists, then realizes that he has committed not one but two serious breaches o…
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Episode 101h 0m
Not So Small Claims Court
A peddler of defective musical instruments vanishes before his victims can bring him to small claims court.
Cast
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