The Defender (Studio One)
25/02/1957
2h



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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.
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
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)
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