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The Defenders: Taking the First (1998)
Directed by Andy Wolk
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.
Length 96 minutes
Actors
Beau Bridges | Martha Plimpton | Jeremy London | Jordan Bridges | Clifton Collins Jr. | Philip Casnoff | Mimi Kuzyk | Camilla Scott | Diego Fuentes | Marilo Nunez | Nancy Palk | Lili Francks | Jeff Topping | Kristen Holden-Ried | Richard Fitzpatrick | Christopher Redman | Bernard Behrens | Donna Goodhand | Robert Bockstael | J. Winston Carroll | Sugith Varughese | J.J. Evans | Mauricio Rodas | Michael Ayoub | Deborah Pollitt | Bill Lake | Billy Oliver | Chris Wiggins