Lock-Up (TV series)
| Lock-Up | |
|---|---|
 Video cover | |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Directed by |
Walter Doniger Fred Hamilton Jack Herzberg Henry S. Kesler Otto Lang |
| Starring |
Macdonald Carey John Doucette |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Frederick W. Ziv |
| Producer(s) |
Jack Herzberg Henry S. Kesler |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Ziv Television Programs United Artists Television |
| Distributor |
MGM Television Peter Rodgers Organization |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndication |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 26, 1959 – June 17, 1961 |
Lock-Up is an American crime drama series that premiered in syndication in September 1959 and concluded in June 1961. The half-hour episodes had little time for character development or subplots and presented a compact story without embellishment.
Series overview
The program stars Macdonald Carey as real-life Philadelphia corporate attorney Herbert L. Maris and John Doucette as police detective Lieutenant Jim Weston.
Each episode began with the following introduction: "These stories are based on the files and case histories of Herbert L. Maris, prominent attorney, who has devoted his life to saving the innocent."
The foundation of each episode is the cornerstone of English and American jurisprudence: a person charged with a crime is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The series featured stories persons who were unjustly accused, usually due to circumstantial evidence. The program's primary theme is that when individuals are charged with a crime not all is as it first appears and a thorough investigation is duly warranted in order to uncover vital facts pertinent to the case.
Herbert L. Maris had an uncanny sense about the honest, innocent persons who had been falsely accused. He was an attorney who spent his spare time helping defendants unjustly charged by the State. The stories do not involve federal crimes.
Guest stars
Among the many guest stars on the show were:
DVD release
ClassicFlix has announced that later in 2017 they will release Season 1 on DVD in region 1.[1]
Production notes
Ziv Television Programs, Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio, a producer and distributor of forty television shows during the 1950s including Highway Patrol, Sea Hunt, Science Fiction Theatre, and subsequently, ZIV-United Artists produced the television series. Later, Showcase Media of Studio City, CA distributed the series.
References
External links
- Lock-Up on IMDb
- Lock-Up at TV.com
- Lock-Up sample episode ("Compulsion Killer") on YouTube (Original Air Date: December 24, 1960)