| "His Hour Upon the Stage" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 2.11 | → |
| Production number: 67407 First aired: 10 December 1991 | ||
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| Written By Robert Nathan & Giles Blunt Directed By Steve Cohen | ||
The frozen body of a Broadway producer is found five years after his death.
Plot[]
Plot
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Paul Sorvino as Sergeant Phil Cerreta
- Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
- Michael Moriarty as Executive A.D.A. Benjamin Stone
- Richard Brooks as A.D.A. Paul Robinette
- Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
Recurring cast[]
- Francine Beers as Judge Janis Silver
- Timothy Britten Parker as Forensic Technician Borak
- William Hill as Hopkins
- John Fiore as Detective Tony Profaci
Guest cast[]
- Finn Carter as Leslie Hart
- Frank Converse as Gary Wallace
- John Cunningham as Cobb
- Alan Feinstein as Elliot Ketcham
- Alberta Watson as Ms. Hanley
- Bruce MacVittie as Gabe Hunt
- Mike Starr as Pollard
- Dylan Baker as Sean Hyland
- Alan Mixon as Healy
- Tony Darrow as Mario Forcelli
- Marilyn Sokol as Marilee Katz
- Robert Sevra as U.S. Attorney Herb McCann
- David Cryer as Judge Lee Rowan
- Walter Bobbie as Peter Cummins
- Larry Block as Feldman
- Renée Lippin as Bernice Steinman
- Ras Teska as Rowley
- Karen McLaughlin as Ann Radley
- Dick Seltzer as Eisenstein
- Mark Casella as Pelletier
- Peter Bucossi as Wilson
- Cliff Weissman as Forrester
- Ron Ostrow as Whalen
- Michael Rush as Choreographer
- Marc Plastrik as Jury Foreman
- Diana Brownstone as Onstage Dancer (uncredited)
References[]
- Broadway
- Josh Foster (victim)
Quotes[]
- Logan: Wearing a tux, not homeless... nobody cared enough to miss him?
- Cragen: Well, somebody cared enough to freeze him.
- Logan: Five years ago, she's 24, he's 39.
- Cerreta: Yeah, well, May-December romance is not exactly unheard of.
- Logan: Yeah, but December usually comes with Santa Claus.
- Cerret: Hmm?
- Logan: Look, Foster didn't have a dime. He's poor, she's beautiful. She's an actress, she's got guys hangin' all around her. She's gonna fall for Mr. Big Dreams?
- Logan: We love the theater.
- Cerreta: That rehearsal, the one that Mr. Foster missed? You were there all night?
- Gary Wallace: You remember where you were five years ago?
- Cerreta: Yeah, I remember that I wasn't in business with a man who disappeared.
- Judge Silver: Have we got a clerk here? Is he on break or what? [reads docket] The People vs. Gary Wallace. The charge is murder, 2nd degree. Is the defendant ready to enter a plea?
- Cobb: Your honor, if it pleases the court...
- Judge Silver: Mr. Cobb, you couldn't please this court if you danced an Irish jig on your fingertips. Can we get a plea?!
- Gary Wallace: Not guilty.
- Judge Silver: Somebody talk to me about bail.
- Sobb: Your honor, a 5-year old crime... My client is a respected businessman.
- Judge Silver: Whose car was used in the crime, counselor. Mr. Robinette?
- Robinette: The People request 200,000, your honor. All cash.
- Judge Silver: Mr. Robinette, do you know me to be vindictive? Bond'll be fine. 300,000. [bangs gavel] Where's my clerk?!
- Gary Wallace: One plus one equals zero. No motive plus no witness equals no case.
- Logan: You know, there's a lesson in this. Never fall in love with an actress.
- Cerreta: Rex Harrison said it. They never stop acting.
Background information and notes[]
- This is actress Francine Beers' first appearance as Judge Janis Silver.
Episode scene cards[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Mario's Restaurant |
Apartment of |
Dannemora |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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N.Y.P.D. Impound |
Office of |
Supreme Court |
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