Petrocelli (1974)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in a trailer in the country while waiting for their new house to be built, and travel around in a beat-up old pickup truck. For a quiet rural area, Petrocelli seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend.

IMDb rating: 7.2 (1,271 votes)
Episode average: 7.3 ↑ +0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1974)

7.34 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 7.4 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Golden Cage	7.5	65
2	Music to Die By	7.9	61
3	By Reason of Madness	6.3	64
4	Edge of Evil	8.1	70
5	A Life for a Life	7.3	46
6	Death in High Places	7.2	50
7	The Double Negative	7.3	47
8	Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...	7.9	51
9	An Act of Love	6.9	41
10	A Very Lonely Lady	7.6	46
11	Counterploy	7.4	38
12	A Covenant with Evil	7.5	36
13	The Sleep of Reason	7.1	42
14	A Fallen Idol	7.2	35
15	Once Upon a Victim	7.1	40
16	The Kidnapping	6.9	38
17	A Lonely Victim	7.6	38
18	The Outsiders	7.9	39
19	Vengeance in White	7.0	32
20	Four the Hard Way	7.0	31
21	Death in Small Doses	7.4	36
22	A Night of Terror	7.4	43

Season 2 (1975)

7.16 avg 22 episodes 7.0 → 7.6 60 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Death Ride	7.0	34
2	Mark of Cain	7.0	39
3	Five Yards of Trouble	7.3	34
4	Shadow of Fear	8.0	35
5	Chain of Command	7.3	39
6	To See No Evil	7.6	37
7	Terror on Wheels	6.9	32
8	The Gamblers	6.8	35
9	Terror by the Book	7.3	32
10	Face of Evil	6.6	35
11	Too Many Alibis	7.0	34
12	A Deadly Vow	6.6	31
13	The Falling Star	7.5	38
14	Survival	6.8	32
15	The Night Visitor	7.1	31
16	Blood Money	6.7	27
17	Any Number Can Die	7.5	28
18	Six Strings of Guilt	7.6	30
19	Deadly Journey	7.0	28
20	The Pay Off	6.8	25
21	Shadow of a Doubt	7.6	25
22	Jubilee Jones	7.6	24

Petrocelli (1974)

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