Point of Law 

Mac goes onto temporary duty as a Navy JAG and is immediately given a case defending a Navy officer accused of murder. Mac soon discovers the victim isn't who he was supposed to be and his client isn't telling the whole truth.

Director:

Lou Antonio

Writers:

Leonard Stern (created by) (as Leonard B. Stern), Howard Berk

Stars:

Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, John Schuck

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Rock Hudson	...	Stewart McMillan
Susan Saint James	...	Sally McMillan
John Schuck	...	Sgt. Charles Enright
Nancy Walker	...	Mildred
William Daniels	...	Commander Campbell
Andrew Duggan	...	Captain Robert Stiles
Scott Thomas	...	Harleigh Boone
Stephen Young	...	Lt. Don Corbett
Susan Anspach	...	Lt. Kit Boone
Alan Fudge	...	Jack Porter
Robert F. Simon	...	Military Judge
Hamilton Camp	...	Mr. Selig
Len Lesser	...	Benny Carr
Cassie Yates	...	Terry Farrell
James Karen	...	George Pauling

Storyline

Mac begins his annual two week stint with the Naval Reserves working in the JAG office. However, instead of pushing papers as he usually does he is assigned to a case where a female supply officer named Kit Boone is accused of murdering a co-worker who she claims tried to rape her. Mac soon discovers that there is more to this case than a simple claim of attempted rape and soon discovers that Kit is a suspect in a series of thefts from the naval supply warehouse. However, he also thinks that she is covering up for her estranged husband with whom she had an argument prior to the killing. Now Mac must get to the truth and not only try to prove that his client is not only innocent of murder but of theft as well all the while he is dealing with an arrogant prosecuting attorney.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 March 1976 (USA)

Filming Locations:

1139 Greenwich Street, San Francisco, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Talent Associates, Talent Associates-Norton Simon, Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mildred mentions that Mac is the greatest lawyer since William Jennings Bryan, to which Mac says that he lost his biggest case. He apparently is talking about the famous Scopes Trial, which technically Jennings won in court, but lost in the court of public opinion.

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Goofs

Mac incorrectly uses "inferring" instead of "implying". A lawyer like McMillan would know the difference.

User Reviews

A lot more than a horny sailor involved

Both Susan Saint James and Nancy Walker left the McMillan&Wife series with this episode which has Rock Hudson putting in his two weeks of Naval Reserve duty as a Commander. The base commander Andrew Duggan hands Hudson a real hot potato. As a lawyer Hudson is assigned to the Judge Advocate General's office where he is assigned to be defense counsel to WAVE officer Susan Anspach who is accused of murdering her lover Stephen Young.

The story is that she shot him in self defense when he tried to rape her. That quickly falls apart. But there's a whole lot more to it than some horny sailor.

Prosecuting is William Daniels who has a prejudice against reserve officers. He's one nasty customer in court. But in the end Daniels and Hudson have a mutual respect develop.

The episode itself isn't one of the better ones. The Navy's conduct in this whole affair is very suspect and the questions aren't really answered in the show.

As for Anspach she was lucky that she had a lawyer who could draw on the resources of the San Francisco PD.