Court Martial (Episode)
| Series | Star Trek |
| Season | 1 |
| Episode | 20 |
| Production Number | 15 |
| Release Date | 2 Feb 1967 |
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Stardate 2947.3: Kirk is recalled for a potential court-martial.
During an ion storm, the Enterprise takes a severe buffeting and Records Officer Ben Finney enters the starship's ion pod to take important readings. When the storm makes it necessary to jettison the pod, Captain Kirk follows normal procedures and warns Finney to evacuate. The pod is jettisoned, with Finney apparently still inside. At Starbase 11, Commodore L.T. Stone institutes a court martial against Kirk after discovering that computer records show that the captain did not give Finney an adequate chance to escape from the pod. Lieutenant Areel Shaw, the prosecuting attorney and an old girlfriend of Kirk's, retains the brilliant but eccentric lawyer Samuel Cogley to defend the captain. Although the evidence is against Kirk, Mr. Spock refuses to believe that his captain did not go by the rules. The Vulcan decides that the Enterprise computer's evidence is wrong. He plays chess with the computer, winning several games, and thereby discovers the machine's programming has been altered. Finney is actually alive, in hiding aboard the ship: due to an old grudge, he had hoped to fake his death to discredit Kirk.
Image Gallery
Starbase 11 planet
Starbase 11 at night
Starbase 11 at night
Space Command Representative Lindstrom
Starfleet Commodore rank insignia
ion pod under repair
Starship status chart (Enhanced; Original version)
Starring
William Shatner
Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
Directed by
Marc Daniels
Teleplay by
Don M. Mankiewicz and Steven W. Carabatsos
Story by
Don M. Mankiewicz
Produced by
Gene L. Coon
Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry
Created by
Gene Roddenberry
Associate Producer
Robert H. Justman
Script Consultant
Steven W. Carabatsos
Co-Starring
Percy Rodriguez as Portmaster Stone
Elisha Cook as Cogley
Joan Marshall as Areel Shaw
Featuring
| DeForest Kelley | … | as Dr. McCoy |
| Nichelle Nichols | … | as Uhura |
| Richard Webb | … | as Finney |
| Hagan Beggs | … | as Helmsman |
| Winston DeLugo | … | as Timothy |
| and | ||
| Alice Rawlings | … | as Jame Finney |
| with | ||
| Nancy Wong | … | as Enterprise personnel officer |
| Bart Conrad | … | as Krasnovsky |
| William Meader | … | as Board Officer |
| Reginald Lal Singh | … | as Board Officer |
Music Composed and Conducted by
Alexander Courage
Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman
Art Directors
Rolland M. Brooks
and
Walter M. Jefferies
Film Editor
Bruce Schoengarth
Assistant to the Producer
Edward K. Milkis
Assistant Director
Gregg Peters
Set Decorator
Marvin March
Costumes Created by
William Theiss
Post Production Executive
Bill Heath
Music Editor
Robert H. Raff
Sound Editor
Douglas H. Grindstaff
Sound Mixer
Jack F. Lilly
Photographic Effects
Film Effects of Hollywood
Script Supervisor
George A. Rutter
Music Consultant
Wilbur Hatch
Music Coordinator
Julian Davidson
Special Effects
Jim Rugg
Property Master
Irving A. Feinberg
Gaffer
George H. Merhoff
Head Grip
George Rader
Production Supervisor
Bernard A. Widin
Makeup Artist
Fred B. Phillips, S.M.A.
Hair Styles by
Virginia Darcy, C.H.S.
Wardrobe Mistress
Margaret Makau
Casting
Joseph D'Agosta
Sound
Glen Glenn Sound Co.
A Desilu Production
In Association with
Norway Corporation
Executive in Charge of Production
Herbert F. Solow
