The Defender (Studio One) (1957)

7.5/10 • 101 min • Drama TV Movie

Overview

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

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

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