The Defender (Studio One) (1957)

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

Walter Preston
Francis Toohey
First Reporter
Betsy Fuller
2nd Guard
Peter D'Agostino
Norma Lane
Mary Ellen Bailey
Dr. Horace Bell
Sergeant James Sheeley
Self / Commercial Spokeswoman
Courtroom Observer
Joseph Gordon
Courtroom Spectator
Juror (uncredited)
Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Anthony Carmonada (uncredited)
Mrs. Gordon
Judge Marsala
Dr. Victor Wallach
First Guard
Court Clerk
Seymour Miller

Crew