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.
Created by James Bridges
Cast
John Houseman
Charles Kingsfield
58 episodes
James Stephens
James T. Hart
58 episodes
Betty Harford
Mrs Nottingham
58 episodes
James Keane
Willis Bell
58 episodes
Tom Fitzsimmons
Franklin Ford III
58 episodes
Michael Tucci
Gerald Golden
36 episodes
Robert Krimmer
Martin Zeiss
36 episodes
Charles Hallahan
Ernie
22 episodes
Stanley DeSantis
Gagarian
22 episodes
Robert Ginty
Thomas Craig Anderson
22 episodes
Francine Tacker
Elizabeth Logan
22 episodes
Jonathan Segal
Jonathan Brooks
22 episodes
Deka Beaudine
Asheley Brooks
22 episodes
Lainie Kazan
Rose Samuels
17 episodes
Penny Johnson Jerald
Vivian Conway
17 episodes
Peter Nelson
Tom Ford
17 episodes
Diana Douglas
Prof. Tyler
17 episodes
Andra Millian
Laura Kiernan
17 episodes
Clare Kirkconnell
Rita Harriman
17 episodes
Mark Schubb
Sims
6 episodes
Stacey Nelkin
Tracy Ford
1 episode
Alan Napier
1 episode
Lynn Swann
1 episode
Sherry Hursey
1 episode
Crew
- Executive Producers
- Robert C. Thompson
Seasons
Season 1
1978 · 22 eps
Season 2
1983 · 19 eps
Season 3
1985 · 12 eps
Season 4
1986 · 5 eps
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