Petrocelli poster
    TV Series

    Petrocelli

    "He's real and his own man."

    IMDb7.2/10
    1974 - 1976
    1h 0m/ep
    Ended
    Seasons: 2
    Episodes: 44

    Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in a trailer in the country while waiting for their new house to be built, and travel around in a beat-up old pickup truck. For a quiet rural area, Petrocelli seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend.

    Created by: Sidney J. Furie
    Share:

    Where to Watch

    No streaming options found for United States. Try changing your region.

    Trying to watch this from United States?

    Some content may not be available in your region. Use a VPN to access streaming services from anywhere.

    Unlock with NordVPN

    Affiliate link • We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you

    Seasons & Episodes

    The Golden Cage

    1. The Golden Cage

    A rich trophy wife gets accused of murder when she tries to leave her powerful controlling husband.

    9/11/1974
    Music to Die By

    2. Music to Die By

    A singer hires Petrocelli to defend him when his career is jeopardized by a homicide accusation.

    9/18/1974
    By Reason of Madness

    3. By Reason of Madness

    Petrocelli defends a wife accused of killing her husband. She knows she killed him but says she didn't know she was doing it. Petrocelli soon realizes she was mentally ill and has to prove her not guilty by reason of insanity.

    9/25/1974
    Edge of Evil

    4. Edge of Evil

    The threatened revelation of damaging ecological information results in a murder that Petrocelli must solve.

    10/2/1974
    A Life for a Life

    5. A Life for a Life

    Petrocelli's defense of a young transient accused of arson and murder is complicated when the only witness who could help the accused refuses to testify.

    10/9/1974
    Death in High Places

    6. Death in High Places

    Petrocelli defends a spoiled heiress accused of planting a grenade in her father's airplane to speed up her inheritance.

    10/23/1974
    Double Negative

    7. Double Negative

    Petrocelli unravels a murder mystery rooted in blackmail.

    10/30/1974
    Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

    8. Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

    Although witnesses swear they saw her leave a murder victim's apartment minutes after shots were fired, Petrocelli's client insists she was at home at the time of the crime.

    11/6/1974
    An Act of Love

    9. An Act of Love

    Petrocelli defends a man accused of killing a woman with whom he spent the night in her home, waking to find her dead.

    11/13/1974
    A Very Lonely Lady

    10. A Very Lonely Lady

    Petrocelli defends a hitchhiker accused of murdering a woman who had given him a ride and an amorous invitation.

    11/27/1974
    Counterplay

    11. Counterplay

    Petrocelli's client, a cop, claims he didn't kill his wife's lover, even though he was found over the body with a service revolver.

    12/4/1974
    A Covenant with Evil

    12. A Covenant with Evil

    Petrocelli defends a man accused of murder after he is found cradling the body of a woman who was raped and killed.

    12/18/1974
    The Sleep of Reason

    13. The Sleep of Reason

    An argument over hypnosis theory leads to the murder of a professor and Petrocelli's client, a teaching assistant accused of the crime, can't recall the shooting.

    1/15/1974
    A Fallen Idol

    14. A Fallen Idol

    Petrocelli's high school idol, a boxer now over the hill, is accused of beating his new manager to death.

    1/22/1974
    Once Upon a Victim

    15. Once Upon a Victim

    Petrocelli's client, a physician, is found with a scalpel in hand, standing over the body of the woman who founded his clinic.

    1/29/1974
    The Kidnapping

    16. The Kidnapping

    Petrocelli defends a woman who kidnapped her son from her father-in-law.

    2/5/1974
    A Lonely Victim

    17. A Lonely Victim

    A romantic triangle comes to a violent end when Petrocelli's client, a divorcee, is found kneeling over the body of her married boss with a fireplace poker in her hand.

    2/19/1974
    The Outsiders

    18. The Outsiders

    Petrocelli defends a penniless young crop picker who was captured fleeing a drugstore where he inadvertently left his fingerprints on a pair of scissors used to stab the owner.

    2/26/1974
    Vengeance in White

    19. Vengeance in White

    Petrocelli defends an evangelist's wife, who is accused of killing the mercenary manager who had been working her husband to the point of collapse.

    3/5/1974
    Four the Hard Way

    20. Four the Hard Way

    Three old codgers hire Petrocelli to defend the fourth member of their pinochle club, a man charged with killing his son-in-law.

    3/13/1974
    Death in Small Doses

    21. Death in Small Doses

    Petrocelli defends a pharmacist accused of deliberately poisoning a customer.

    3/27/1975
    A Night of Terror

    22. A Night of Terror

    Petrocelli defends a woman who, after being knocked unconscious in a fight with her boyfriend, awakened to find him dead and the murder gun in her hand.

    4/2/1975

    Cast