The Defenders
1961•4 Seasons•132 Episodes•6.3•Ended
Drama
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.
Creator
Reginald Rose
Network
CBS
Origin
US
Cast
E.G. Marshall
Lawrence Preston
Robert Reed
Kenneth Preston
Episodes
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