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The Defender (Studio One)

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.

1957 |1h 41m |  Drama, TV Movie

Cast

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Ralph Bellamy

Walter Preston

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Martin Balsam

Francis Toohey

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Steve McQueen

Joseph Gordon

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Vivian Nathan

Mrs. Gordon

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William Shatner

Kenneth Preston

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Ian Wolfe

Judge Marsala

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David J. Stewart

Dr. Victor Wallach

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Russell Hardie

First Guard

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Iggie Wolfington

Court Clerk

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Arthur Storch

Seymour Miller

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Frank Marth

First Reporter

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Eileen Ryan

Betsy Fuller

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Milton Selzer

2nd Guard

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Rudy Bond

Peter D'Agostino

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Dolores Sutton

Norma Lane

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Rosetta LeNoire

Mary Ellen Bailey

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John McGovern

Dr. Horace Bell

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Michael Higgs

Sergeant James Sheeley

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Betty Furness

Self / Commercial Spokeswoman

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Irene Kane

Courtroom Observer

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Florence Stanley

Courtroom Spectator

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Ed Asner

Juror (uncredited)

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Joby Baker

Trial Spectator (uncredited)

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Robert Morris

Anthony Carmonada (uncredited)

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