The Defenders: Payback
The Defenders: Payback
Release: 1997-10-12
·Runtime: 96m
·★ 2.7
Crime
Drama
TV Movie
Television movie remake of the 1960s courtroom drama series, "The Defenders." After the death of his eldest son and his partner in the law firm of Preston and Preston, senior partner, Lawrence Preston enlists his granddaughter, M.J, a former prosecutor, and his other son Don, a law professor, to continue the work of ensuring that every individual accused of a crime is entitled to a proper defense. In this telefilm, a father murders the rapist of his young daughter after the man is released from prison and moves back to his old neighborhood. The Prestons take the case even though the father is unrepentent and unwilling to offer the attorneys any help in finding legally mitigating circumstances for his actions.
Production Countries
Canada
Production Companies
Paramount Television
Showtime Networks
Cast
Kristin Fairlie
as Chris
E.G. Marshall
as Lawrence Preston
Clea DuVall
as Jessica Lane
Joe Pingue
as Mitchell
Corinne Conley
as Judge Turner
Tony Nappo
as Officer Perez
John Larroquette
as Michael Lane
Jack Duffy
as Mr. Sanders
Kyra Harper
as Ms. Reynolds
Karen Robinson
as Mrs. Clarkson
Mimi Kuzyk
as Camille Preston
Beau Bridges
as Don Preston
Yaphet Kotto
as Judge Williams
Sean McCann
as John Broderick
Kim Roberts
as Psych Receptionist
Rachael Leigh Cook
as Tracey Lane
Tony De Santis
as Mr. Kuhlman
Martha Plimpton
as M.J. Preston
Roma Maffia
as Julie Bishop
Mark Blum
as Jackson
Daniel Kash
as Frankie Mirano
Shawn Lawrence
as Judge Bach
Christopher Redman
as Steven Preston
