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All these comments are right on the money - from the underrated acting to the heartening political investment in the presumption of innocence. (Although that may have been as much a result of the more vivid memories of Nazi and Stalinist show-trials, a counter-example that Americans used to be proud to denounce, but now seem to have forgotten.) But what I remember as clearly as the theme song were the amazing hairstyles. Not just Della, but even a balding judge will have the small wings of white hair above his ears sculpted like the fins on a Cadillac. And Perry's 'do could have served as a crash-helmet if he needed it to. TV viewers would have to wait for Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation before they got something as substantial. And we are still waiting for something as aesthetically satisfying.
