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L.A. Law

Year:

1986

Duration:

46 min (170 episodes)

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

Awards:

Won 5 Golden Globes. Another 41 wins & 144 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1986-09-15

Filming Locations: Stage 5, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Denise Crosby

Dan Hedaya

L.A. Law

Jason Beghe

Bibi Besch

Nina Foch

Phyllis Applegate

Allan Arbus

Bonnie Bartlett

Morgan Brittany

Keri Jo Chapman

Claudia Christian

Jane Daly

Marta DuBois

Martin Ferrero

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Jennifer Hetrick

L.A. Law

Lise Hilboldt

Jane Kaczmarek

Philip Moon

Megan Parlen

James Pickens Jr.

Mike Pniewski

L.A. Law

Alan Rosenberg

L.A. Law

Sheila Rosenthal

Leilani Sarelle

Iqbal Theba

L.A. Law

Susanna Thompson

Gail Youngs

Jessie Scott

Corbin Bernsen

Arnie Becker

Jill Eikenberry

Ann Kelsey

Alan Rachins

Douglas Brackman, Jr.

Michael Tucker

Stuart Markowitz

Richard Dysart

Leland McKenzie

Susan Ruttan

Roxanne Melman

Blair Underwood

Jonathan Rollins

Larry Drake

Benny Stulwicz

Susan Dey

Grace Van Owen

Jimmy Smits

Victor Sifuentes

Harry Hamlin

Michael Kuzak

Michele Greene

Abby Perkins

John Spencer

Tommy Mullaney

Did you know?

Trivia

Series co-creator Terry Louise Fisher, former deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County, former entertainment lawyer for 20th Century Fox, and producer-writer for Cagney & Lacey (1981), composed a form letter she was thinking of sending to lawyers who complained about the show: "Dear So-and-so: If I were a good lawyer, I'd still be practicing law. Instead, I'm stuck in Hollywood, making 10 times as much money. I hope you are as conscientious about your clients as you are about our show. Thank for your writing."

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In the opening title sequence, the car's "L.A. Law" license plate expiration sticker always showed the ending year for a given season (it showed "87" for the 1986-1987 season).

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William M. Finkelstein became executive producer of "L.A. Law" shortly after his series Civil Wars (1991) was canceled. Finkelstein transferred two "Civil Wars" characters from their New York law firm to "L.A. Law": attorney "Eli Levinson" (Alan Rosenberg) and his secretary, "Denise Ianello" (Debi Mazar).

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Quotes

Michael Kuzak: That's because I've never had anything this responsive underneath me.

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Leland McKenzie: [settling an argument during a staff meeting] It's time you people remember whose name is at the top of the letterhead!

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Ann Kelsey: You thought you could buy me off with a few trinkets?

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Faq

Is this series available on DVD or Netflix?

As of October 2014, the first six seasons have been released on DVD in the UK (region 2) by Revelation Films. Seasons 7 and 8 are scheduled for release in 2015.Shout Factory in the US (region 1) has so far released the first three seasons.

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