The Defenders
The Defenders
The Defenders
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Overview
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 1961-09-16
Runtime: 1h 0m
Director: Unknown
Writer: Reginald Rose, Robert Thom
Top Cast
E.G. Marshall
E.G. Marshall
Lawrence Preston
Robert Reed
Robert Reed
Kenneth Preston
Episodes - Season 1
Quality of Mercy
Quality of Mercy
Episode 1
Dr. Bill Conrad's patient, Leona Warner, delivers a baby with Down Syndrome.
Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct
Episode 2
When mild-mannered Jim McLeery kills an abusive stranger, it seems a clear-cut case of self-defense. But the prosecution reveals that, in his army days, McCleery was trained to kill.
Death Across the Counter
Death Across the Counter
Episode 3
The Riot
The Riot
Episode 4
The Young Lovers
The Young Lovers
Episode 5
The Boy Between
The Boy Between
Episode 6
The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
Episode 7
Frank Gorshin stars as an impressionist accused of murder who claims he's innocent because ""Jimmy Cagney did it""—and breaks into his multiple personality of Cagney on the witness stand as the Prestons are questioning him.
The Accident
The Accident
Episode 8
The Trial of Jenny Scott
The Trial of Jenny Scott
Episode 9
The Man with the Concrete Thumb
The Man with the Concrete Thumb
Episode 10
The Treadmill
The Treadmill
Episode 11
Perjury
Perjury
Episode 12
The Attack
The Attack
Episode 13
The Prowler
The Prowler
Episode 14
Gideon's Follies
Gideon's Follies
Episode 15
The Best Defense
The Best Defense
Episode 16
The Bedside Murder
The Bedside Murder
Episode 17
The Search
The Search
Episode 18
Storm at Birch Glen
Storm at Birch Glen
Episode 19
The Point Shaver
The Point Shaver
Episode 20
Stacy Phillips, star college basketball player, is accused of taking money from gambler Vince Fargo to fix a game. The Presons, alumni of the college, are hired to defend Phillips before the State's Senate Rackets Committee.
The Locked Room
The Locked Room
Episode 21
The Empty Chute
The Empty Chute
Episode 22
The Crusader
The Crusader
Episode 23
The Hickory Indian
The Hickory Indian
Episode 24
The Iron Man
The Iron Man
Episode 25
The Tarnished Cross
The Tarnished Cross
Episode 26
The Last Six Months
The Last Six Months
Episode 27
Arthur Hill plays a man with six months to live--he kills his business partner in a fit of rage when the man refuses to help support his family after he has died.
The Naked Heiress
The Naked Heiress
Episode 28
Reunion with Death
Reunion with Death
Episode 29
The Benefactor
The Benefactor
Episode 30
Along Came a Spider
Along Came a Spider
Episode 31
The Broken Barrelhead
The Broken Barrelhead
Episode 32
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