

Overview
Mel and Jane Mermelstein are a true-life California couple, thrown into the spotlight of judicial history in the 1980s. Mel is a Hungarian-born Jew, sole-survivor of his family's extermination at Auschwitz, and Jane, a Southern Baptist from Tennessee. Their four children are good kids, typical Americans, with just enough orneriness to irritate each other, but enough love and class to pull together when it counts.
Top Cast

Leonard Nimoy
Mel Mermelstein

Dabney Coleman
William Cox

Blythe Danner
Jane Mermelstein
Paul Hampton
Richard Fusilier

Jason Presson
Bernie Mermelstein

Juliet Sorci
Edie Mermelstein

Benji Gregory
Kenny Mermelstein
Hanna Landy
Elsie Smolena

David Margulies
Rabbi Hier

William Bassett
Lewis Brandon

Steve Franken
Dan Greenspan

Carl Steven
Young Mel
Key Film Crew
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