Arthur Hill played the title character, a defense attorney who is forced to travel outside the tony environs of Santa Barbara to try cases that reflect the issues of the era. He is accompanied at various points in the show’s run by David Soul (Starsky & Hutch) and Lee Majors (before he became the Six Million Dollar Man). The show was almost as smart as it was earnest.

TRIVIA: Uber-filmmaker Steven Spielberg directed one of the show’s early episodes.