Series
The Verdict Is Yours
United States- Creator
- Max Morgan Witts
- Year
- 1958
'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.
Episodes
Top cast
Geoffrey Sutcliffe
David Ensor
The Judge
John McGregor
Television Reporter
Jim McKay
Self - Commentary Reporter
James Fox
Council for the Prosecution
Anthony Hartwell
Junior Prosecuting Council
Jane Hylton
Mrs. Vickers
Daphne Anderson
Richard Caldicot
Micheál Mac Liammóir
Anthony Sharp
David Markham
Harold Lang
William Squire
Counsel for Defence
George Bancroft
Created by
Max Morgan Witts
Directed by
Max Morgan Witts, Eric Price, Mike Wooller, Peter Plummer
Written by
Cedric Wallis, H.V. Kershaw, John Hopkins, Phillip Grenville Mann