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The Defender (Studio One)

The Defender (Studio One)1957

★6.1101 minDramaTV 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.

Director

Robert Mulligan

Writer

Score

Stars

Ralph Bellamy Martin Balsam Steve McQueen

Cast24

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

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