The Defender (Studio One) (1957)
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.
- Released
- 1957-02-25
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Fletcher Markle, Robert Mulligan
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Ralph Bellamy as Walter Preston
- Martin Balsam as Francis Toohey
- Steve McQueen as Joseph Gordon
- Vivian Nathan as Mrs. Gordon
- William Shatner as Kenneth Preston
- Ian Wolfe as Judge Marsala
- David J. Stewart as Dr. Victor Wallach
- Russell Hardie as First Guard
- Iggie Wolfington as Court Clerk
- Arthur Storch as Seymour Miller
- Frank Marth as First Reporter
- Eileen Ryan as Betsy Fuller