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The Defenders

1961–1965
Created byReginald Rose
4 Seasons
132 Episodes

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.

CAST
E.G. MarshallLawrence PrestonRobert ReedKenneth PrestonPolly RowlesHelen DonaldsonOssie DavisDistrict Attorney Daniel JacksonJ.D. CannonDistrict AttorneyMurray HamiltonDistrict AttorneyFrank OvertonD.A. Bill BryanJoan HackettJoan MillerWilliam Shatner
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSEnded
RATING
6.3
NETWORK
CBS
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