The Defender (Studio One)

Name: The Defender (Studio One)
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1957-02-25
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Ralph Bellamy, Martin Balsam, Steve McQueen, Vivian Nathan, William Shatner

The Defender (Studio One) (1957)

1:41 (101 min)

Drama, TV Movie

6.1/10
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6.1/10
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Release date

25 February 1957

Director

Robert Mulligan

Scenario

Reginald Rose

Producer

Herbert Brodkin

Actors

Walter Preston

Francis Toohey

Joseph Gordon

Vivian Nathan

Mrs. Gordon

William Shatner

Kenneth Preston

Ian Wolfe

Judge Marsala

David J. Stewart

Dr. Victor Wallach

Russell Hardie

First Guard

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Short description

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.