The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Joseph Sargent
Allen Garfield
Harriet Karr
Fred Holliday
Elizabeth Berger
Carolyn Nelson
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Synopsis
The acclaimed TV adaptation of Selwyn Raab's book based on the Wylie-Hoffert murders in Manhattan in 1963, resulting in the case that ultimately led to the Supreme Court's Miranda decision three years later. Both director Sargent and writer Mann won Emmy Awards, and Telly Savalas received a nomination for his role which skyrocketed him to stardom in the subsequent hit series (1973-78), playing in this film a hard-boiled detective who fights to keep a black teenager from being wrongly convicted of the killings of two women. After its initial showing, it was cut down to two and a half hours and retitled "Kojak and the Marcus-Nelson Murders."
Director
Joseph Sargent
Cast
Allen Garfield
Harriet Karr
Fred Holliday
Elizabeth Berger
Carolyn Nelson
Tol Avery
Paul Jenkins
Ben Hammer
Patricia O'connell
Henry Brown Jr.
Ellen Moss
Ned Beatty
Lloyd Gough
Bruce Kirby
Lawrence Pressman
Lynn Hamilton
Marjoe Gortner
Telly Savalas
Joshua Shelley
Roger Robinson
Lora Kaye
Val Bisoglio
Alan Manson
William Watson
Chita Rivera
Helen Page Camp
Gene Woodbury
Steven Gravers
Robert Walden
Lorraine Gary
John Sylvester White
Antonia Rey
Robert Fields
Jose Ferrer
George Savalas
Bill Zuckert
Alex Colon
Crew
Richard Belding
Ben Bishop
John J Carter
Alan Crosland
George Gaines
Billy Goldenberg
Billy Goldenberg
Andy Kim
John J. Lloyd
Abby Mann
Abby Mann
Hal Mooney
Carl Pingitore
Selwyn Raab
Matthew Rapf
Bobby Russell
Richard M. Sprague
Mario Tosi
Charles Waldo
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States March 8, 1973
Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Salute to Telefeatures) April 19 - May 3, 1990.
Movie pilot for the "Kojak" television series which was broadcast on CBS from October 24, 1973 to April 1, 1978.
