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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."

Cast

1208

Ralph Bellamy

as Walter Preston

1936

Martin Balsam

as Francis Toohey

13565

Steve McQueen

as Joseph Gordon

6442

Vivian Nathan

as Mrs. Gordon

1748

William Shatner

as Kenneth Preston

2782

Ian Wolfe

as Judge Marsala

126900

David J. Stewart

as Dr. Victor Wallach

6842

Russell Hardie

as First Guard

151628

Iggie Wolfington

as Court Clerk

589090

Arthur Storch

as Seymour Miller

1219270

Frank Marth

as First Reporter

12543

Eileen Ryan

as Betsy Fuller

101901

Milton Selzer

as 2nd Guard

3143

Rudy Bond

as Peter D'Agostino

170996

Dolores Sutton

as Norma Lane

73030

Rosetta LeNoire

as Mary Ellen Bailey

976801

John McGovern

as Dr. Horace Bell

212944

Michael Higgs

as Sergeant James Sheeley

139603

Betty Furness

as Self / Commercial Spokeswoman

62602

Irene Kane

as Courtroom Observer

84323

Florence Stanley

as Courtroom Spectator

68812

Ed Asner

as Juror (uncredited)

83435

Joby Baker

as Trial Spectator (uncredited)

30420

Robert Morris

as Anthony Carmonada (uncredited)

Crew

1238926

Herbert Brodkin

Producer

89685

Fletcher Markle

Creator

5246

Reginald Rose

Writer

1273489

Vic Oliver

Music

8482

Robert Mulligan

Director