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The Last Clear Chance (Playhouse 90)

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An attorney, Scott Arlen, represents a girl, Peggy Maylin, accused of murder trial. She gives him a gun, and he decides not to turn it over to the court or the prosecutor. After winning the girl's acquittal, Arlen turns over the gun and faces disbarment. Sam Arlen is an aging lawyer who comes out
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United Press television critic William Ewald was effusive in his praise for Muni's performance, calling it intelligent, authoritative, excessive but "all very right", a "calisthenic grab bag," and "a performance with salt and bite that dripped with brine."
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as an attorney defending his son in disbarment proceedings. Muni was nominated for both an
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of retirement to defend his son in the disbarment proceeding.
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Paul Muni received nominations as best actor at both the
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Index

Playhouse 90

Paul Muni
George Roy Hill
A. E. Hotchner
Paul Muni
Luther Adler
Dick York
Portrait of a Murderer
The Male Animal
television film
CBS
Playhouse 90
Paul Muni
Emmy Award
Sylvania Award
Paul Muni
Luther Adler
Dick York
Lee Remick
Eithne Dunne
John Hoyt
Carl Benton Reid
George Roy Hill
A. E. Hotchner
11th Primetime Emmy Awards
1958 Sylvania Television Awards
"TV: Muni as Lawyer: Stars in 'Playhouse 90' Presentation of A. E. Hotchner's 'Last Clear Chance'"
Newspapers.com
"'Last Clear Chance' Called TV Playground For Actor Paul Muni"

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