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Series · 1961–1965Ended

The Defenders

6.3·4 seasons·132 episodes·60 min avg.

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.

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Quality of MercyUp next
Sep 16, 1961

Dr. Bill Conrad's patient, Leona Warner, delivers a baby with Down Syndrome.

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Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct
Sep 23, 1961·7.0

When mild-mannered Jim McLeery kills an abusive stranger, it seems a clear-cut case of self-defense. But the prosecution reveals that, in his army days, McCleery was trained to kill.

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Death Across the Counter
Death Across the Counter
Sep 30, 1961
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The Riot
The Riot
Oct 7, 1961
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The Young Lovers
The Young Lovers
Oct 14, 1961
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The Boy Between
The Boy Between
Oct 21, 1961
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The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
Oct 28, 1961

Frank Gorshin stars as an impressionist accused of murder who claims he's innocent because ""Jimmy Cagney did it""—and breaks into his multiple personality of Cagney on the witness stand as the Prestons are questioning him.

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The Accident
The Accident
Nov 4, 1961
09
The Trial of Jenny Scott
The Trial of Jenny Scott
Nov 11, 1961
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The Man with the Concrete Thumb
The Man with the Concrete Thumb
Nov 18, 1961
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The Treadmill
The Treadmill
Nov 25, 1961
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Perjury
Perjury
Dec 2, 1961·8.0
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The Attack
The Attack
Dec 9, 1961
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The Prowler
The Prowler
Dec 16, 1961
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Gideon's Follies
Gideon's Follies
Dec 23, 1961
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The Best Defense
The Best Defense
Dec 30, 1961
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The Bedside Murder
The Bedside Murder
Jan 6, 1962
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The Search
The Search
Jan 20, 1962
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Storm at Birch Glen
Storm at Birch Glen
Jan 27, 1962
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The Point Shaver
The Point Shaver
Feb 3, 1962

Stacy Phillips, star college basketball player, is accused of taking money from gambler Vince Fargo to fix a game. The Presons, alumni of the college, are hired to defend Phillips before the State's Senate Rackets Committee.

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The Locked Room
The Locked Room
Feb 10, 1962
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The Empty Chute
The Empty Chute
Feb 17, 1962
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The Crusader
The Crusader
Feb 24, 1962
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The Hickory Indian
The Hickory Indian
Mar 3, 1962
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The Iron Man
The Iron Man
Mar 10, 1962
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The Tarnished Cross
The Tarnished Cross
Mar 17, 1962
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The Last Six Months
The Last Six Months
Mar 31, 1962·9.0

Arthur Hill plays a man with six months to live--he kills his business partner in a fit of rage when the man refuses to help support his family after he has died.

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The Naked Heiress
The Naked Heiress
Apr 7, 1962
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Reunion with Death
Apr 21, 1962
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The Benefactor
The Benefactor
Apr 28, 1962
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Along Came a Spider
Along Came a Spider
May 5, 1962
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The Broken Barrelhead
The Broken Barrelhead
May 26, 1962

Cast

2 credited
E.G. Marshall
Lawrence Preston
Robert Reed
Kenneth Preston

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