The Defender (Studio One)
The Defender (Studio One)
Release: 1957-02-25
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 7.2
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.
Cast
Arthur Storch
as Seymour Miller
Eileen Ryan
as Betsy Fuller
Betty Furness
as Self / Commercial Spokeswoman
Vivian Nathan
as Mrs. Gordon
William Shatner
as Kenneth Preston
Irene Kane
as Courtroom Observer
Florence Stanley
as Courtroom Spectator
Ed Asner
as Juror (uncredited)
Joby Baker
as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Steve McQueen
as Joseph Gordon
Frank Marth
as First Reporter
Milton Selzer
as 2nd Guard
Dolores Sutton
as Norma Lane
John McGovern
as Dr. Horace Bell
Robert Morris
as Anthony Carmonada (uncredited)
Russell Hardie
as First Guard
Rosetta LeNoire
as Mary Ellen Bailey
Michael Higgs
as Sergeant James Sheeley
Ralph Bellamy
as Walter Preston
Martin Balsam
as Francis Toohey
Ian Wolfe
as Judge Marsala
David J. Stewart
as Dr. Victor Wallach
Iggie Wolfington
as Court Clerk
