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- In 1958, Ben Blue played all four brothers (the wealthy snob, the vaudevillian, the tramp and the average guy), in this comedy pilot for CBS. The network didn't exercise it's option and the pilot wasn't aired until 1965.
- A movie cameraman (Charley Chase) is on the lookout for new material but a rival plans to copy everything he films.
- Capt. Braddock investigates the case of a man who is suspected of faking his own death to collect the life insurance money.
- A man in love is accused of hijacking. The public defender hears a story about his courtship and the reason behind his arrest.
- An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
- A misunderstanding means that Charley's boss Palette visits with the woman from the flapjack stand being taken for Charley's wife.
- A woman confesses to shooting her ex-husband and is to stand trial for murder. Her boyfriend tells the public defender what really happened.
- A man is arrested for kidnapping his own child. The public defender is given the story behind the reason by the man's artist rep.
- Famous, great hunters, better stay away, here comes Vuk! (They say he is cunning as a fox!)
- Charley impersonates his double, a man named Bud Martin, unaware that he's a wanted criminal.
- A soldier about to ship out of the country is on his way home to his pregnant wife. He gets a ride with a woman who takes him as far as the car rental place. Later that night, the man and his wife are arrested for stealing the car and hitting an old, blind woman. The Public Defender searches for the young woman who gave him a ride, but she seems to not exist.
- A young man is about to be executed and his priest makes one final attempt to prove his innocence by going to the Public Defender with the story.
- A woman accused of stealing $250 is sentenced to jail. A newspaper man in the Courtroom recognizes the lady. He wakes the Public Defender in the middle of the night. He is anxious to tell the story of "Lisa", hoping Bart can get her freed.
- A story of blind justice, as Matthews defends a man whom was caught by police with the gun that killed the man's wife.
- Snub writes a scenario and goes to the local theater to see the picture. After a good deal of trouble he and his wife succeed in getting into the house, but are unable to find two seats together. The center aisle is built very steep, and the ushers are dressed like Alpine climbers. This provides a great deal of action for those who must climb up, and those who slide into their seats. Then comes the film. The main title tells that the picture is made by the "Shameless Film Co." As Snub's seat is up against the screen he sees the picture greatly distorted. The picture shown on the screen satires the current melodrama, and will bring a laugh in itself. The comedy ends in a free-for-all fight.
- Charley tries to get a photograph taken with his wife and child.
- Chase makes tries to escape from a compromising situation with a dame he took to be his wife's sister.
- Charley and Edna are feeling very pleased with themselves and their new car. They decide to share their good fortune and offer to take six underprivileged children out for a fun day at the carnival. Unfortunately, the children come from Juvenile Hall, and each one is more trouble than the last.
- An elderly Public Defender determines to keep busy during the weeks until his retirement comes through. He puts himself at great odds to keep a man from being sent to prison. Bart Matthews comes to his aid.
- A young man is arrested for robbery but claims he's innocent. The public defender's office goes to Las Vegas, where the man claims he was, to check up on his story. They find some disturbing news.
- A police officer is killed when a young bride crashes through a roadblock. A broken bottle of brandy is found in the car, but the bride denied drinking any.
- After many years, an escaped convict's past catches up with him.
- When Peter Stone hears that a murder suspect fits his description, his extreme paranoia leads him to take actions that make him appear guilty. He is eventually convicted of a murder he had nothing to do with. Matthews appeals his case.
- Television syndication package of the classic 1929-1938 shorts from the "Our Gang Comedies" movie series.
- A boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.
- An error in reading the stars provides the key clue in unraveling crimes committed at an oil drilling site.
- A kid is arrested for gang activity after mugging a cop, but the gang is being organized by some influential people, so the other gang members threaten to kill the kid if he talks. The Public defender must get to the bottom of things before someone else is hurt!
- A happily married man suddenly becomes unhappy when he looses his job. His pregnant wife agrees to work until he finds another, but when tragedy arrives, he goes begging an enemy for work. He's soon accused of murder after his new boss is found murdered.
- A teenage girl is charged with the attempted murder of a gangland figure. Her mother has also been shot. To further complicate matters, the girl's father, who went missing in action in the War fifteen years ago, has suddenly reappeared.
- Matthews tries to aid an ex-convict suspected of robbing his boss.
- Davey Davis is an up-and-coming young boxer, managed by Soapy Moore. Moore gets involved with gangland figure B.G. Worden, who threatens Soapy if he doesn't get Davey to take a dive in a big fight. Davey gets wind of the plan and double-crosses Worden. Worden sends his girlfriend Eve to plant illegal drugs on Davey, and Davey is arrested. Public defender Bart Matthews steps in to help Davey with his case.
- A group of teenagers rob a store. The driver is later caught in arrested. While being questioned by the public defender, it's learned his reason behind his life of crime and the consequences of trying to stop.
- A man admits to murdering his aunt and grandmother, claiming insanity. But the case goes through all twists and turns before the amazing truth is revealed.
- Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems.
- Mary Ann has a liking toward Wheezer. Her mother tells her that if she gives him cod liver oil, he can become a giant. A circus giant comes to board, learns the plan and substitutes for Wheezer.
- A man arrested for robbery swears he's innocent and only signed the confession because the arresting officer beat him up.
- A hobo is accused of kidnapping and beating a little girl he had befriended.
- During a raid on the Carter family still, a warden is shot and killed. Jesse Carter, fresh home from the service, is arrested for the killing.
- It is the opening of deer season and the long-running feud between two old codgers has heated up again. When one is found shot in the woods, the other is of course the prime suspect.
- An ex-con is forced to rob his employer's safe by two other ex-cons who knew him from the joint.
- Like the legendary Sisyphus, deliverymen Laurel and Hardy struggle to push a large crated piano up a seemingly insurmountable flight of stairs.
- Jackie prepares a series of elaborate jokes for his new teacher.
- Miss Crabtree, the teacher Jackie has a crush on, rents a room at Jackie's house.
- While the rest of the gang goes fishing, Spanky gets stuck babysitting.
- A retrospective look at 60 years of great moments in film comedy, from the 1920s to the present.
- Summer '56, 'The Charles Farrell Show' replaced 'I Love Lucy'. Charlie, a retired star, owns a racquet club. He uses a ruse to end Pierre's romance with a gourmet's daughter.