Public Defender

Name: Public Defender
Genre: Drama
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Reed Hadley, Noel Neill, Douglas Henderson, Robert Armstrong, Fran Bennett

Public Defender (1954-1955)

Seasons: 2, episodes: 69

Episode runtime: 30 min

Drama

United States

CBS

Average rating: 7.3/10 137

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6.2/10
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7.3/10
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All about the series

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Actors and characters

Production

Hal Roach Studios

Premiere

11 March 1954

Last episode

23 June 1955

Status

Completed

Creators

Mort R. Lewis

Scenario

David Dortort

All team (9)

Actors

Reed Hadley

Bart Matthews

Noel Neill

Betty

Douglas Henderson

Bill

Robert Armstrong

Father Dunn

Fran Bennett

Barbara

William Yetter Sr.

Mueller

John Doucette

Denver Morgan

Joe Turkel

Leo Jackson

All actors and roles (10)

Short description

The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.

Seasons

Season	Episodes	Release date	Rating
Season 1	26	1954-03-11	—
Season 2	43	1954-09-06	6.5

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