Lock-Up, a syndicated crime drama from ZIV-United Artists, has largely been forgotten due to the glut of crime dramas of its time. It ran for 2 seasons (1959-61), starring MacDonald Carey and John Doucette. The series' core was rooted in the life of real-life attorney Herbert Maris, played by Carey on the show.
Even though there were enough episodes available for daily syndication after the series ended, it was instead withdrawn. Go figure.
From season 2, here's "Red Confetti", with guest star Neil Hamilton, five years before Batman:
Carey would return to series television four years later in the long running soap, Days of Our Lives. Doucette was mostly a character actor whose last series gig of note was the police comedy, The Partners, with Don Adams, in 1971.
Rating: A.
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