Harrigan and Son

Season 1

James Harrigan and his son run a law firm, but have different ways of proving their clients' innocence.

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34 Episodes

  • Junior Joins the Law
    E1
    Junior Joins the LawJames Jr. prepares to fight to defend a contested will. James Sr. tries to convince him it would be wiser to settle out of court.
  • Young Man's World
    E2
    Young Man's WorldThe young men assuming the management of Pyramid Industries have some ideas about expansion that founder Lionel Wilton doesn't like.
  • Harrigan vs. Harrigan
    E3
    Harrigan vs. HarriganIt's Harrigan vs. Harrigan when senior discovers that junior has taken the case of a well-known accident faker named Gimpy.
  • Mother Was a Nightclub Singer
    E4
    Mother Was a Nightclub SingerWhen James Jr. dates Monica Nelson, a nightclub performer, father disapproves-unaware that his son is mixing some business with his pleasure.
  • Pay the Two Dollars
    E5
    Pay the Two DollarsJunior thinks his case in a small New England court is all sewed up, until he finds out that the judge, the bailiff and the defendant are all cousins.
  • A Matter of Dignity
    E6
    A Matter of DignityA shabby character named Nippy is highly insulted when an artist paints him as a derelict. He implores the Harrigan firm to take legal steps to have the painting removed from an exhibition.
  • Miss Claridge Finds Romance
    E7
    Miss Claridge Finds RomanceMiss Claridge finds romance, and her daydreaming is cutting down her typing speed too much to suit Harrigan Sr. Things don't get any better when her dream man, Tracy Oakhurst, is suspected of being a swindler.
  • There's No Fool Like an Old Fool
    E8
    There's No Fool Like an Old FoolActress Lillian Lovely's performance bowls James Sr. over (she reminds him of his late wife), but the critics don't think much of Lillian's acting. So Senior comes to her defense-with a libel suit.
  • Pipes are Pipes
    E9
    Pipes are PipesMatt Collins' company is being sued. The charge: producing a defective water heater. Matt wants to make a settlement, but Harrigan believes he's got nothing to fear in court.
  • Junior Becomes Senior
    E10
    Junior Becomes SeniorMr. Nibley was hired to exterminate the bugs in an apartment house, but the owners have proof that the little creatures are still there. For reasons of his own, Harrigan lets Junior take the case.
  • Non Compos Mentis
    E11
    Non Compos MentisTilly Cortland is a will-changing millionairess who dominates the first half of the show delightfully. Harrigan and son busily try to settle the estate in the second half, and mediate between a dog and a cat over a $10,000 legacy.
  • Junior Goes Society
    E12
    Junior Goes SocietyAn attractive member of high society named Cynthia drops in to take an old friend, Miss Claridge, out to lunch. When Junior see Cynthia, he's smitten.
  • Junior's Other Job
    E13
    Junior's Other JobJunior's interviewed on TV after he wins an important tax case. It turns out to be good publicity.
  • Poor Little Rich Guy
    E14
    Poor Little Rich GuyGrant Hazelton, playboy and college chum of Junior's, asks the latter to handle his legal affairs. Harrigan Sr. doesn't like Hazelton much, and likes him even less when he starts dating Gypsy.
  • My Fair Lawyer
    E15
    My Fair LawyerNeighbor Harold Calvin sues Harrigan Sr. for damages. Seems smoke from Harrigan's fireplace got in Calvin's eyes, nose and throat.
  • Shall We Dance?
    E16
    Shall We Dance?Charlie Finley, after 20 years of marriage wants to divorce his wife. It seems she's spending too many evenings at a local dancing school.
  • The Magnificient Borough
    E17
    The Magnificient BoroughSenior's old friend Gimpy talks the lawyer into investing in his taxi. Then Gimpy has a difference of opinion with a fare, one Bruce Langley, and blackens the man's eye. Langley is Harrigan's client!
  • You Can Fight City Hall
    E18
    You Can Fight City HallThe city has condemned shoemaker Silas Marner's property, and nobody wants to take the man's case.
  • The Comeback
    E19
    The ComebackJunior visits night court to attend to a routine matter and finds a familiar face. A distinguished gentleman is charged with being drunk and disorderly-none other than Junior's old law teacher, Professor Walter Grant.
  • The Comics
    E20
    The ComicsBuddy Wilson and his wife Bernice have worked up a nightclub act and want the Harrigan firm to have it copyrighted. Then Buddy's father shows up and tells Harrigan Sr. that he used all the material years ago in vaudeville.
  • 100 Proof
    E21
    100 ProofPatrick O'Toole is arrested for drunken driving. But he tells Harrigan Sr. that he took the pledge a long time ago, and hasn't fallen off the wagon since.
  • They Were All In Step But Jim
    E22
    They Were All In Step But JimActress Lillian Lovely, a Hungarian citizen, is facing deportation for failing to renew her visa. She wants Harrigan Sr. to help her right away, but senior has plans for the St. Patrick's Day parade that afternoon.
  • The Manly Art
    E23
    The Manly ArtA boxer named Brennan tells Harrigan Sr. that he won his last fight too easily. But there's no way to prove that the fight was fixed. Junior comes up with the idea of posing as a fighter.
  • A Ticket to Albany
    E24
    A Ticket to AlbanyJunior becomes a candidate for a state Senate seat. Harrigan Sr., unaware of this, endorses the candidate of the opposition party.
  • The Man Who Wouldn't Stay Dead
    E25
    The Man Who Wouldn't Stay DeadRobert Fenton has changed his name and leads an inconspicuous life. When a scandal sheet columnist digs up the past and prints it, Fenton threatens the man with violence. This doesn't help Fenton's case much when the journalist is found dead.
  • Harrigan vs. Harvard
    E26
    Harrigan vs. HarvardJunior prevails upon Harrigan Sr. to agree to address a graduating class at Harvard Law School.
  • Senior Goes to Hollywood
    E27
    Senior Goes to HollywoodSenior goes to Hollywood on his vacation, and visits a movie studio. He notices some errors in legal procedure on one set where they're filming a courtroom drama-so he decides to offer some advice.
  • The Case of the Missing Case
    E28
    The Case of the Missing CaseFern Williams, Junior's latest girlfriend, is quite high up on the social register. But this doesn't mean she's immune to an anti-social compulsion -kleptomania.
  • Hans is Hot
    E29
    Hans is Hot
  • Hello-Goodbye
    E30
    Hello-GoodbyeA series of legal setbacks convince Harrigan Sr. that it's time to retire. But the most practical place to write his memoirs seems to be right in the office-with his old staff.
  • The Legacy
    E31
    The LegacySenior has known Rose Kowalski ever since she was a tot. Now she's a nightclub singer and wants to legally change her name to Renee Collins. Mrs. Kowalski asks Harrigan to persuade her daughter to change her mind.
  • Roommates
    E32
    RoommatesWhile Senior's apartment is being renovated, Junior invites his Dad to spend a week at his apartment. The first evening, Junior and his girlfriend Gail are thinking romance-while Senior recites "Casey at the Bat."
  • On Broadway
    E33
    On BroadwayThe first of two new shows before this series leaves the air. Merrill Davis, a long time client of Harrigan Sr., is known for his miserly ways.
  • The Testimonial
    E34
    The TestimonialA group of Senior's clients (who got legal service although they couldn't afford the fee) get together to show their appreciation by arranging a dinner for him.

Cast of Season 1

  • Helen Kleeb
  • Roger Perry
  • Pat O'Brien

 

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