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