The Defender (Studio One)

The Defender (Studio One)
1957DramaTV Movie101 mins

Plot

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... read more

  • Robert Mulligan

    Director

  • Reginald Rose

    Writer

  • 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

  • Betty Furness

    Self / Commercial Spokeswoman

  • Irene Kane

    Courtroom Observer

  • Florence Stanley

    Courtroom Spectator

  • Ed Asner

    Juror (uncredited)

  • Joby Baker

    Trial Spectator (uncredited)

  • Robert Morris

    Anthony Carmonada (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    101 minutes

    Released

    1957-02-25

    Sound

  • Vic Oliver

    Music

  • Updated

    153 days ago

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