The Defender (Studio One)
1957 · 101 min
Drama · TV Movie
★ 6.1The 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.
Crew
- Director Robert Mulligan
- Writer Reginald Rose
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
Iggie Wolfington
Court Clerk
- A
Arthur Storch
Seymour Miller
- F
Frank Marth
First Reporter
Eileen Ryan
Betsy Fuller
Crew
- Director — Robert Mulligan
- Writer — Reginald Rose
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