Hailed as one of the best TV lawyer shows this side of Perry Mason, it probably is not coincidental that the executive producers of the well-received Perry Mason reunion movies of the '80s, Fred Silverman and Dean Hargrove, have similar roles in this productions. Although the pilot film was shot primarily on location in Atlanta, the subsequent series called "Matlock" (the initial title for this movie) was to be done entirely in Los Angeles.
