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