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