The Defenders: Taking the First (1998)

5.8/10 • 96 min • Drama TV Movie

Overview

A racist provokes four teens into beating a Latino youth to death after one of his fiery speeches on a college campus. The Prestons are first called upon to defend one of the youths who gives testimony against the other three. Then, in a turnaround, the family of the murdered boy hires the Prestons to try to get a conviction against the racist.

Cast

Beau Bridges

Don Preston

Martha Plimpton

MJ Preston

Jeremy London

Wyman James

Jordan Bridges

Clifton Collins Jr.

Nelson Rodriguez

Philip Casnoff

John Walker

Mimi Kuzyk

Camille Preston

Diego Fuentes

Bayo Rodriguez

Nancy Palk

Judge Lacey

Kristen Holden-Ried

McCann

Richard Fitzpatrick

Jones

Christopher Redman

Steven Preston

Bernard Behrens

Milton Lewis

Donna Goodhand

Jury Foreman

Robert Bockstael

Karl Munro

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