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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
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Ralph Bellamy
Walter Preston
M
Martin Balsam
Francis Toohey
S
Steve McQueen
Joseph Gordon
V
Vivian Nathan
Mrs. Gordon
W
William Shatner
Kenneth Preston
I
Ian Wolfe
Judge Marsala
D
David J. Stewart
Dr. Victor Wallach
R
Russell Hardie
First Guard
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Iggie Wolfington
Court Clerk
A
Arthur Storch
Seymour Miller
F
Frank Marth
First Reporter
E
Eileen Ryan
Betsy Fuller
M
Milton Selzer
2nd Guard
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Rudy Bond
Peter D'Agostino
D
Dolores Sutton
Norma Lane
R
Rosetta LeNoire
Mary Ellen Bailey
J
John McGovern
Dr. Horace Bell
M
Michael Higgs
Sergeant James Sheeley
B
Betty Furness
Self / Commercial Spokeswoman
I
Irene Kane
Courtroom Observer
