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.

The Defenders
The DefendersSeries

Details

First aired
16 Sept 1961
Seasons
4
Episodes
132
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Last aired
13 May 1965
Genres
  • Drama
Status
Ended
Network
CBS
Episode runtime
1 h
Countries
  • US
Original language
en
Original title
The Defenders
Writers
Robert ThomReginald RoseDavid KarpWilliam WoolfolkErnest KinoyLarry CohenStanley R. GreenbergRoger H. LewisRobert J. CreanEdward DeBlasioDavid ShawEllen M. ViolettMax EhrlichAlbert RubenJames LeeAlvin BoretzPeter StoneHarold GastA.J. RussellDavid W. RintelsDavid DavidsonJohn VlahosIan McLellan HunterCharles GarmentJerome RossCharles EckertMann RubinHoward FastBo GoldmanAllan ChaseRobert Van ScoykMartin DonaldsonPeter A. ChillesA. E. HotchnerRaphael HayesArnold ManoffAndrea RussoGeorge BaxtAdrian SpiesGeorge BellakRod SylvesterJohn W. Bloch

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