They Call It Murder is a 1971 American television film directed by Walter Grauman and starring Jim Hutton.

They Call It Murder is a two-hour television film produced by Paisano Productions in association with 20th Century Fox.

It was a pilot for a proposed TV movie series based on characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, who edited the script[1] by Sam Rolfe.

[1] Jim Hutton stars as Doug Selby, district attorney of a small town outside Los Angeles.

[4] No series materialized, and this TV movie marks Selby's sole screen adaptation.