![The Defender (Studio One) Poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//x71p8ISy8IQBc98Y2WfXOkDocmU.jpg)
The Defender (Studio One)
72.00%
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February 25, 1957
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Drama, TV Movie
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.
Featured Crew
Robert Mulligan
Director
Reginald Rose
Writer
Fletcher Markle
Creator
0
Cast
![Ralph Bellamy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//vC6cdrUUewgurTlVXt36eRAtQKb.jpg)
Ralph Bellamy
Walter Preston
![Martin Balsam](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//iAc5RkmzMSGoLPFWUfqNayS41YE.jpg)
Martin Balsam
Francis Toohey
![Steve McQueen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//xUxg7SAM17eEc0rF90gz59Ap0w1.jpg)
Steve McQueen
Joseph Gordon
![Vivian Nathan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//5nH844I684hRE3dlA5UWtDtLY5H.jpg)
Vivian Nathan
Mrs. Gordon
![William Shatner](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//7lsjbNFMGj3kYYWoMk1LNnl4p5P.jpg)
William Shatner
Kenneth Preston