Drama · TV Movie

The Defender (Studio One)

Name: The Defender (Studio One)
Director: Robert Mulligan
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1957-02-25
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Ralph Bellamy, Martin Balsam, Steve McQueen, Vivian Nathan, William Shatner

6.1(4) 2/25/1957 1h 41m

DramaTV Movie

The pilot for the television series, "The Defenders." The story of Walter and Kenneth Pearson, a father-and-son legal team. Broadcast as two segments of "Studio One," the story relates how the Pearsons defend a young man accused of killing a woman during a robbery attempt.

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Top Cast

Ralph Bellamy

Walter Preston

Martin Balsam

Francis Toohey

Steve McQueen

Joseph Gordon

Vivian Nathan

Mrs. Gordon

William Shatner

Kenneth Preston

Ian Wolfe

Judge Marsala

David J. Stewart

Dr. Victor Wallach

Russell Hardie

First Guard

Directed by

Robert Mulligan

Crew

Herbert BrodkinProducer Reginald RoseWriter

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