The Defender (Studio One) (1957)

ALL 02/25/1957 (en) Drama, TV Movie 101 Min
  • Release
    02/25/1957
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    72%
  • Original title
    The Defender (Studio One)
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Robert Mulligan

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Herbert Brodkin

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Ralph Bellamy

    Walter Preston

  2. Martin Balsam

    Francis Toohey

  3. Steve McQueen

    Joseph Gordon

  4. Vivian Nathan

    Mrs. Gordon

  5. William Shatner

    Kenneth Preston

  6. Ian Wolfe

    Judge Marsala

  7. David J. Stewart

    Dr. Victor Wallach

  8. Russell Hardie

    First Guard

  9. Iggie Wolfington

    Court Clerk

  10. Arthur Storch

    Seymour Miller

  11. Frank Marth

    First Reporter

  12. Eileen Ryan

    Betsy Fuller

  13. Milton Selzer

    2nd Guard

  14. Rudy Bond

    Peter D'Agostino

  15. Dolores Sutton

    Norma Lane

  16. Rosetta LeNoire

    Mary Ellen Bailey

  17. John McGovern

    Dr. Horace Bell

  18. Michael Higgs

    Sergeant James Sheeley

  19. Betty Furness

    Self / Commercial Spokeswoman

  20. Irene Kane

    Courtroom Observer

  21. Florence Stanley

    Courtroom Spectator

  22. Ed Asner

    Juror (uncredited)

  23. Joby Baker

    Trial Spectator (uncredited)

  24. Robert Morris

    Anthony Carmonada (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 24 , Crews : 5

Keyword

The Defender (Studio One) (1957) 101 Min

ALL 02/25/1957 (en)
Drama, TV Movie
  • Release 02/25/1957
  • Production
  • Original title The Defender (Studio One)
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Robert Mulligan

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Herbert Brodkin

    Producer