The Defender (Studio One)

6.1 1957 101 min
Drama TV 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 ma…

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Director
Robert Mulligan
Writer
Reginald Rose

Cast

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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
Iggie Wolfington Court Clerk
Arthur Storch Seymour Miller
Frank Marth First Reporter
Eileen Ryan Betsy Fuller
Milton Selzer 2nd Guard
Rudy Bond Peter D'Agostino
Dolores Sutton Norma Lane
Rosetta LeNoire Mary Ellen Bailey
John McGovern Dr. Horace Bell
Michael Higgs Sergeant James Sheeley

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