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Lock-Up

1959–1961 · 2 seasons

A compact, earnest legal procedural that briskly untangles miscarriages of justice with a calm, old-fashioned sense of fairness.

Created by: Leslie Goodwins, Paul Guilfoyle
Genres: Drama
Starring: Macdonald Carey, John Doucette, Robert Conrad

Overview: Lock-Up is an American legal 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.

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Created by: Leslie Goodwins, Paul Guilfoyle
Genres: Drama
Starring: Macdonald Carey, John Doucette, Robert Conrad

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
crime
deception
morality
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
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Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
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Genres: drama
Created by: Leslie Goodwins, Paul Guilfoyle, Leon Benson, Otto Lang, Christian Nyby, William Conrad
Written by: Malvin Wald, Robert J. Shaw, Gene L. Coon, Meyer Dolinsky
Starring: Macdonald Carey, John Doucette, Robert Conrad, Ellen Corby, Jack Hogan, Anna Lee, June Blair, Robert Gothie
Length: 2 seasons, 78 episodes, 30 min each
Network: Syndication
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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