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The Paper Chase
Critically lauded drama about the life and pressures of a group of students at a prestigious Eastern law school, with a strict and domineering contract-law professor named Charles Kingsfield, who alternately inspires and terrifies the students.
Seasons
- Season 1 — 22 episodes (September 9, 1978)
- Season 2 — 19 episodes (April 15, 1983)
- Season 3 — 12 episodes (May 11, 1985)
- Season 4 — 5 episodes (February 1, 1986)
Cast
- John Houseman as Charles Kingsfield
- James Stephens as James T. Hart
- Lainie Kazan as Rose Samuels
- Penny Johnson Jerald as Vivian Conway
- Peter Nelson as Tom Ford
- Diana Douglas as Prof. Tyler
- Michael Tucci as Gerald Golden
- Betty Harford as Mrs Nottingham
- James Keane as Willis Bell
- Tom Fitzsimmons as Franklin Ford III
- Andra Millian as Laura Kiernan
- Clare Kirkconnell as Rita Harriman
Details
- Created by
- James Bridges
- First aired
- September 9, 1978
- Episodes
- 58
- Genres
- Drama
- Network
- CBS and Showtime
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 7.6 / 10 from 10 votes
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