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Petrocelli

Petrocelli

He's real and his own man.

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Overview

Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976. 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.

Produced by Leonard Katzman
NetworksNBC

Top Cast

Barry Newman

Barry Newman

Anthony J. Petrocelli

Albert Salmi

Albert Salmi

Pete Ritter

David Huddleston

David Huddleston

Lieutenant Ponce

Susan Howard

Susan Howard

Maggie Petrocelli

Themes & Keywords

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About Petrocelli

Petrocelli is a drama series that first aired in 1974 exploring themes of italian american, small town, lawyer. it stars Barry Newman, Albert Salmi, David Huddleston. Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976. 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.

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