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.
From the archive
An episode of dramatic anthology series "Studio One" titled "Wintertime". This episode aired *live* on 2 April 1951 on CBS, and this copy is complete with the original Westinghouse commercials. The episode is set in 1946 Germany. Cast includes Anne Bancroft (billed as Anne Marno) and Patric Knowles.
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- Director
- Robert Mulligan
- Starring
- Ralph Bellamy, Martin Balsam, Steve McQueen, Vivian Nathan, William Shatner, Ian Wolfe, David J. Stewart, Russell Hardie
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