1973

The Marcus-Nelson Murders
CBS movie
Joseph Sargent, director
Ben Bishop, unit production manager
Alan Crosland Jr., first assistant director
Charles Walker, second assistant director

"Who loves ya', baby?" Telly Savalas' familiar, lollipop-loving homicide detective Theo Kojak was introduced in this two-part movie based on the grisly Wylie-Hoffert murders in 1963 New York City, in which two girls were brutally killed. A ghetto teen was wrongfully pursued as the main suspect in the case by corrupt detectives, and Kojak worked in the youth's behalf. Gene Woodbury played the teen, and the cast included Marjoe Gortner, Jose Ferrer, Lorraine Gary, Ned Beatty and Allen Garfield. Judgment at Nuremberg scenarist Abby Mann won the Emmy Award for his teleplay and Sargent and Savalas were nominated.