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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.
Reginald Rose
CBS
132
60 min
Dr. Bill Conrad's patient, Leona Warner, delivers a baby with Down Syndrome.
Sep 16, 1961
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.
Sep 23, 1961
Sep 30, 1961
Oct 7, 1961
Oct 14, 1961
Oct 21, 1961
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.
Oct 28, 1961
Nov 4, 1961
Nov 11, 1961
Nov 18, 1961
Nov 25, 1961
Dec 2, 1961
Dec 9, 1961
Dec 16, 1961
Dec 23, 1961
Dec 30, 1961
Jan 6, 1962
Jan 20, 1962
Jan 27, 1962
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.
Feb 3, 1962
Feb 10, 1962
Feb 17, 1962
Feb 24, 1962
Mar 3, 1962
Mar 10, 1962
Mar 17, 1962
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.
Mar 31, 1962
Apr 7, 1962
Apr 21, 1962
Apr 28, 1962
May 5, 1962
May 26, 1962
Lawrence Preston
Kenneth Preston
