The Defender (Studio One)
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· 1957
1h 41m
Director Robert Mulligan
Starring Ralph Bellamy, Martin Balsam, Steve McQueen, Vivian Nathan
Genre Drama, TV Movie
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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.
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