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Entertainment & Sports

Mar. 10, 2023

Stream it Tonight! The Young Philadelphians (1959)

A lawyer's clever attempt to trick a witness is the highlight of many courtroom movies, and so it is in The Young Philadelphians

Paul Bergman

Professor Emeritus
UCLA School of Law

Email: bergman@law.ucla.edu

Paul continues teaching evidence.

Michael Asimow

Professor
UCLA School of Law

Email: asimow@law.ucla.edu

Michael is Dean's Executive professor of law at Santa Clara Law School, teaching contracts as well as law and popular culture.

Stream it Tonight! <i>The Young Philadelphians</i> (1959)
Robert Vaughn, Anthony Eisley, Barbara Rush and Paul Newman in "The Young Philadelphians."

Why watch? A tax lawyer with zero criminal defense experience represents an old friend who is on trial for murder, but it's not the plot that flunks the smell test.

Tax lawyer Tony Lawrence (Paul Newman) defends his longtime but ne'er-do-well friend Chet Gwynn (Robert Vaughn) in a murder trial. Gwynn is charged with firing the bullet that killed his wealthy uncle for refusing Gwynn's plea for money. The key prosecutio...

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