The Defenders: Taking the First (1998)
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.
- Released
- 1998-10-25
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Andy Wolk
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Beau Bridges as Don Preston
- Martha Plimpton as MJ Preston
- Jeremy London as Wyman James
- Jordan Bridges
- Clifton Collins Jr. as Nelson Rodriguez
- Philip Casnoff as John Walker
- Mimi Kuzyk as Camille Preston
- Camilla Scott as Liz Carter
- Diego Fuentes as Bayo Rodriguez
- Marilo Nunez as Rosalie Rodriguez
- Nancy Palk as Judge Lacey
- Lili Francks as Alice Rawls