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