The Paper Chase
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Starring
John HousemanJames StephensTom FitzsimmonsJames KeaneBetty HarfordMichael Tucci
Written by
James Bridges
Starring
John HousemanJames StephensTom FitzsimmonsJames KeaneBetty HarfordMichael Tucci
Written by
James Bridges
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| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | ||
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| S1 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 5.8 | 8.7 | |
| S2 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.6 | ||||
| S3 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.6 | |||||||||||
| S4 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 9.6 |
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About
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.
All Seasons
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Season 11978
7.85872222h
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Season 21983
8.13651919h
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Season 31985
8.12001212h
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Season 41986
8.38854h
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
John Houseman Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
James Stephens James T. Hart
Tom Fitzsimmons Franklin Ford III
James Keane Willis Bell
Betty Harford Mrs. Nottingham, Mrs. Wilson
Michael Tucci Gerald Golden
Andra Millian Laura Kiernan
Clare Kirkconnell Rita Harriman
Penny Johnson Jerald Vivian Conway
Wortham Krimmer Martin Zeiss
Crew
James Bridges
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