The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial The Freeman Case (Season 1, Episode 20)
TV Episode | 30 min | Crime

The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial

The Freeman Case (Season 1, Episode 20)

TV Episode | 30 min | Crime

Attorney William Seward accepts the case of a man who murdered five members of the same family. In this case, Seward, who later became Lincoln's secretary of state, set a legal precedent in American courts.

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Updated Mar 15, 1957

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Mar 15, 1957 (United States)

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Joseph Cotten William Seward William Seward See fewer	The Third Man (1949)
Henry Daniell Van Buren Van Buren See fewer	The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Virginia Gregg Fanny Seward Fanny Seward See fewer	Operation Petticoat (1959)
Edwin Jerome Judge (as Ed Jerome) Judge (as Ed Jerome) See fewer	The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
Robert Nichols Willie Freeman (as Bob Nichols) Willie Freeman (as Bob Nichols) See fewer	The Thing from Another World (1951)
Jeanette Nolan Sally Freeman Sally Freeman See fewer	The Fox and the Hound (1981)