The Defender (Studio One)
Drama TV Movie
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.
Director Robert Mulligan
Cast
William Shatner
Kenneth Preston
David J. Stewart
Dr. Victor Wallach
Iggie Wolfington
Court Clerk
Eileen Ryan
Betsy Fuller
Dolores Sutton
Norma Lane
Robert Morris
Anthony Carmonada (uncredited)
Vivian Nathan
Mrs. Gordon
Milton Selzer
2nd Guard
Rosetta LeNoire
Mary Ellen Bailey
Florence Stanley
Courtroom Spectator
Ralph Bellamy
Walter Preston
Ian Wolfe
Judge Marsala
Rudy Bond
Peter D'Agostino
John McGovern
Dr. Horace Bell
Irene Kane
Courtroom Observer
Ed Asner
Juror (uncredited)
Joby Baker
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Martin Balsam
Francis Toohey
Steve McQueen
Joseph Gordon
Russell Hardie
First Guard
Michael Higgs
Sergeant James Sheeley
Betty Furness
Self / Commercial Spokeswoman