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The Name of the Game/The Ordeal

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The Ordeal
Season 1, Episode 10
Airdate November 22, 1968
Written by Alvin Sapinsley
Directed by Ralph Senensky
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The Ordeal is the tenth episode of the first season of The Name of the Game.

Starring: Robert Stack (Dan Farrell)

Guest Starring: Jessica Walter (Linda Ramsay), Farley Granger (Hoagland Walters), Sean Garrison (Officer Buck Hambleton), Lloyd Bochner (Tom Ramsay), David Opatoshu (Sorokin), Martha Hyer (Billie Ramsay), Susan Saint James (Peggy Maxwell)

Co-Starring: Ben Murphy (Joe Sample), Jason Wingreen (Prosecutor), Ken Renard (William), Adrienne Marden (Judge Davidson ), Lloyd Kino (Coroner), Ed Prentiss (Trial Judge), Don Keefer (Chaplain)

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Plot Overview

A bartender tells Farrell that a woman on Death Row for killing her rich husband is innocent, prompting the writer to pay her a visit and get her side of the story. Convinced that she inadvertently shot her husband thinking him to be a prowler, Farrell and his assistant Joe do some digging and come to suspect a possible conspiracy between three of the prosecution's key witnesses.

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Arc Advancement

Happenings

Characters

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Trivia

The Show

Leonard Stone appeared in this episode, but was not credited.

Behind the Scenes

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