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