The Defenders
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
Top cast
E.G. Marshall
Lawrence Preston
Robert Reed
Kenneth Preston
Polly Rowles
Helen Donaldson
Ossie Davis
District Attorney Daniel Jackson
J.D. Cannon
District Attorney
Murray Hamilton
District Attorney
Frank Overton
D.A. Bill Bryan
Joan Hackett
Joan Miller
William Shatner
Jim McCleery
Simon Oakland
District Attorney
Michael Strong
Dr. Sobranie
Edward Binns
District Attorney Wolf
Martin Sheen
Joey Americus
Martin Balsam
District Attorney
Sam Wanamaker
United States Attorney Brooker
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- September 16, 1961
- Last air date
- May 13, 1965
- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes
- 132
- Episode runtime
- 1h
- Network
- CBS
- Original language
- EN
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