Open and Shut Case Lacey is the main witness in an open-and-shut case, only it isn't that open-and-shut. in the ""B"" story, a witness in an old rape case has to testify. The defendants' strategy is stall and stall, and C&L have to support her when she wants to quit Details Casts Title Open and Shut Case Genres Crime Drama Release Date 1983-01-31 Episode Runtime 00 Hours 45 Minutes Season Number 2 Episode Number 14 Production Companies Orion Television, CBS, Filmways Pictures Tyne Daly Mary Beth Lacey Sharon Gless Christine Cagney John Karlen Harvey Lacey Al Waxman Lieutenant Bert Samuels Carl Lumbly Mark Petrie Martin Kove Det. Victor Isbecki Sidney Clute Paul La Guardia Harvey Atkin Sergent Ronald Coleman Tony La Torre Harvey Lacey, Jr.