The Defenders
1961•1h 0m•5.9/10
Drama
Ratings
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5.9/10(10)
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
Production
Plautus Productions, CBS
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
September 16, 1961
Last Aired
May 13, 1965
Networks
CBS
Created By
Reginald Rose
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Quality of Mercy
Air date: 1961-09-16
Dr. Bill Conrad's patient, Leona Warner, delivers a baby with Down Syndrome.
E2
Killer Instinct
Air date: 1961-09-23
When mild-mannered Jim McLeery kills an abusive stranger, it seems a clear-cut case of self-defense. But the prosecution reveals that, in his army days, McCleery was trained to kill.
E3
Death Across the Counter
Air date: 1961-09-30
E4
The Riot
Air date: 1961-10-07
E5
The Young Lovers
Air date: 1961-10-14
E6
The Boy Between
Air date: 1961-10-21
E7
The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
Air date: 1961-10-28
Frank Gorshin stars as an impressionist accused of murder who claims he's innocent because ""Jimmy Cagney did it""—and breaks into his multiple personality of Cagney on the witness stand as the Prestons are questioning him.
E8
The Accident
Air date: 1961-11-04
E9
The Trial of Jenny Scott
Air date: 1961-11-11
E10
The Man with the Concrete Thumb
Air date: 1961-11-18
E11
The Treadmill
Air date: 1961-11-25
E12
Perjury
Air date: 1961-12-02
E13
The Attack
Air date: 1961-12-09
E14
The Prowler
Air date: 1961-12-16
E15
Gideon's Follies
Air date: 1961-12-23
E16
The Best Defense
Air date: 1961-12-30
E17
The Bedside Murder
Air date: 1962-01-06
E18
The Search
Air date: 1962-01-20
E19
Storm at Birch Glen
Air date: 1962-01-27
E20
The Point Shaver
Air date: 1962-02-03
Stacy Phillips, star college basketball player, is accused of taking money from gambler Vince Fargo to fix a game. The Presons, alumni of the college, are hired to defend Phillips before the State's Senate Rackets Committee.
E21
The Locked Room
Air date: 1962-02-10
E22
The Empty Chute
Air date: 1962-02-17
E23
The Crusader
Air date: 1962-02-24
E24
The Hickory Indian
Air date: 1962-03-03
E25
The Iron Man
Air date: 1962-03-10
E26
The Tarnished Cross
Air date: 1962-03-17
E27
The Last Six Months
Air date: 1962-03-31
Arthur Hill plays a man with six months to live--he kills his business partner in a fit of rage when the man refuses to help support his family after he has died.
E28
The Naked Heiress
Air date: 1962-04-07
E29
Reunion with Death
Air date: 1962-04-21
E30
The Benefactor
Air date: 1962-04-28
E31
Along Came a Spider
Air date: 1962-05-05
E32
The Broken Barrelhead
Air date: 1962-05-26
Cast
E.G. Marshall
Lawrence Preston
Robert Reed
Kenneth Preston
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