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