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The Defender (Studio One) (1957)
Directed by Robert Mulligan
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.
Length 101 minutes
Actors
Ralph Bellamy | Martin Balsam | Steve McQueen | Vivian Nathan | William Shatner | Ian Wolfe | David J. Stewart | Russell Hardie | Iggie Wolfington | Arthur Storch | Frank Marth | Eileen Ryan | Milton Selzer | Rudy Bond | Dolores Sutton | Rosetta LeNoire | John McGovern | Michael Higgs | Betty Furness | Irene Kane | Florence Stanley | Ed Asner | Joby Baker | Robert Morris