

The Defender (Studio One)
1 hour 41 minutes1957-02-25
7.2
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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

Arthur Storch
Seymour Miller

Frank Marth
First Reporter

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

Florence Stanley
Courtroom Spectator

Ed Asner
Juror (uncredited)

Joby Baker
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
