The Eddie Capra Mysteries is an Americanmystery television series starringVincent Baggetta as a lawyer who investigates murders and has a knack for solving them. Original episodes aired onNBC from September 8, 1978, to January 12, 1979.^[1][2]

The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Genre	Mystery
Starring	Vincent Baggetta Wendy Phillips Ken Swofford Michael Horton
Composers	John Cacavas John Addison
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Universal Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 8, 1978 (1978-09-08) – January 5, 1979 (1979-01-05)

• Vincent Baggetta . . . Eddie Capra
• Wendy Phillips . . . Lacey Brown
• Ken Swofford . . . J. J. Devlin
• Michael Horton . . . Harvey Winchell
• Seven Ann McDonald . . . Jennie Brown

Eddie Capra is an unconventional young lawyer who recently graduated fromNew York University Law School and works for Devlin, Linkman, and O'Brien, a conventional, snooty, and very prestigiouslaw firm inLos Angeles,California, that specializes in criminal cases. Headstrong, rebellious, and quirky, shunning court appearances because he dislikes wearing a tie and usually ignoring established legal and police procedures, Eddie tends to rush off and playdetective when one of the firm's clients isindicted, seeking evidence with which to exonerate the client – sometimes to the consternation of his colleagues – before the case ever reaches court. Lacey Brown is his secretary, personal friend, and sometime girlfriend, and Jennie is her precocious daughter. Harvey Winchell, an investigator for the firm, is Eddie's enthusiastic young assistant, and J. J. Devlin, an irascible senior partner in the firm, is Eddie's boss.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Each episode is constructed in the "classic style" of adetective show, opening with a graphic depiction of a puzzling murder and then following Eddie as he interviews witnesses and other people who might not be telling the truth and uncovers clues missed by the authorities one-by-one until they lead to the killer. In the episode's climax, Eddie usually gathers all the suspects in one room – often a courtroom – and usesdeductive reasoning to explain which one of them is guilty.^[2][5]

The series employs a gimmick in which viewers – who receive no more or less information than Eddie – are challenged to identify the murderer before Eddie does.^[6]

Peter S. Fischer createdThe Eddie Capra Mysteries.^[4][7] Episode directors includedJames Frawley,William Wiard,Edward M. Abroms, andIvan Dixon. Writers included Fischer andPeter Allan Fields. Fischer andStuart Cohen were among the show's producers.John Cacavas andJohn Addison composed music for the show.^[7]

Some scripts used inThe Eddie Capra Mysteries were adapted from scripts intended for the cancelled 1975–76 NBC seriesEllery Queen.^[4]

Premiering on September 8, 1978 with a two-hour pilot episode,^[4]The Eddie Capra Mysteries aired onNBC on Fridays at 10:00 p.m. throughout the rest of its run. Its last original episode aired on January 12, 1979. During the summer of 1979, NBC broadcast reruns of the show in its 10:00 p.m. Friday time slot from June to September.^[1][2]

Reruns ofThe Eddie Capra Mysteries returned to the air in prime time in the summer of 1990, whenCBS broadcast episodes of the show at 9:00 p.m. on Thursdays from July 26 to August 30 as a temporary replacement forWiseguy.^[1][2][5]In theUnited Kingdom, the series aired onBBC One in 1980.

• The Eddie Capra Mysteries opening credits on YouTube