TV series
The Verdict Is Yours
1958–1963 · 3 seasons
A courtroom procedural that blends real lawyers with actors improvising, creating a tense yet earnest look at justice.
- Created by
- Harry Elton, Peter Wildeblood
- Genres
- Reality
- Starring
- Geoffrey Sutcliffe, David Ensor, John McGregor
- Overview
- 'The Verdict Is Yours' premiered on September 2, 1957, in the CBS Daytime lineup. Unscripted, the show featured real lawyers playing the lawyers and judge. The defendants and witnesses on the program were professional actors who ad-libbed their dialogue, although they were given a general outline of what they were supposed to say. Sportscaster Jim McKay was the original reporter, providing commentary on the trials. He was succeeded in 1960 by newsman Bill Stout.
- How it feels
- Tense, earnest and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Justice, deception, morality, power
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Harry Elton, Peter Wildeblood
- Genres
- Reality
- Starring
- Geoffrey Sutcliffe, David Ensor, John McGregor
