The Defender (Studio One)

The Defender (Studio One) (1957)


  • Genre: Drama, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1957-02-25
  • User Rating: 7.2/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Director: Robert Mulligan
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From 2 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Ralph Bellamy

    as Walter Preston

  • Martin Balsam

    as Francis Toohey

  • Steve McQueen

    as Joseph Gordon

  • Vivian Nathan

    as Mrs. Gordon

  • William Shatner

    as Kenneth Preston

  • Ian Wolfe

    as Judge Marsala

  • David J. Stewart

    as Dr. Victor Wallach

  • Russell Hardie

    as First Guard

  • Iggie Wolfington

    as Court Clerk

  • Arthur Storch

    as Seymour Miller

  • Frank Marth

    as First Reporter

  • Eileen Ryan

    as Betsy Fuller

  • Milton Selzer

    as 2nd Guard

  • Rudy Bond

    as Peter D'Agostino

  • Dolores Sutton

    as Norma Lane

  • Rosetta LeNoire

    as Mary Ellen Bailey

  • John McGovern

    as Dr. Horace Bell

  • Michael Higgs

    as Sergeant James Sheeley

  • Betty Furness

    as Self / Commercial Spokeswoman

  • Irene Kane

    as Courtroom Observer

  • Florence Stanley

    as Courtroom Spectator

  • Ed Asner

    as Juror (uncredited)

  • Joby Baker

    as Trial Spectator (uncredited)

  • Robert Morris

    as Anthony Carmonada (uncredited)
Directing Robert Mulligan Director
Writing Reginald Rose Writer
Crew Fletcher Markle Creator
Production Herbert Brodkin Producer
Sound Vic Oliver Music

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