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The Defender (Studio One)

72 %|Feb 25, 1957|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 man accused of killing a woman during a robbery attempt.

Featured Crew

Herbert Brodkin
Producer
Fletcher Markle
Creator
Reginald Rose
Writer
Vic Oliver
Music
Robert Mulligan
Director

Cast

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Ralph Bellamy
Walter Preston
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Martin Balsam
Francis Toohey
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Steve McQueen
Joseph Gordon
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Vivian Nathan
Mrs. Gordon
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William Shatner
Kenneth Preston
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Ian Wolfe
Judge Marsala
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David J. Stewart
Dr. Victor Wallach
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Russell Hardie
First Guard
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Iggie Wolfington
Court Clerk
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Arthur Storch
Seymour Miller
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Frank Marth
First Reporter
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Eileen Ryan
Betsy Fuller
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Milton Selzer
2nd Guard
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Rudy Bond
Peter D'Agostino
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Dolores Sutton
Norma Lane
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Rosetta LeNoire
Mary Ellen Bailey
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John McGovern
Dr. Horace Bell
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Michael Higgs
Sergeant James Sheeley
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Betty Furness
Self / Commercial Spokeswoman
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Irene Kane
Courtroom Observer
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Florence Stanley
Courtroom Spectator
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Ed Asner
Juror (uncredited)
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Joby Baker
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
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Robert Morris
Anthony Carmonada (uncredited)