The Defender (Studio One)

Name: The Defender (Studio One)
Director: Robert Mulligan
Released: 1957-02-25
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Ralph Bellamy, Martin Balsam, Steve McQueen, Vivian Nathan, William Shatner

Feb 25, 1957 · 1h 41m · Drama, TV Movie

⭐ 7.2· 2 votes

Director Robert Mulligan

Writer Reginald Rose

Overview

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.