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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.
Seasons
- Season 1 — 32 episodes (September 16, 1961)
- Season 2 — 34 episodes (September 15, 1962)
- Season 3 — 36 episodes (September 28, 1963)
- Season 4 — 30 episodes (September 24, 1964)
Cast
- E.G. Marshall as Lawrence Preston
- Robert Reed as Kenneth Preston
Details
- Created by
- Reginald Rose
- First aired
- September 16, 1961
- Episodes
- 132
- Genres
- Drama
- Network
- CBS
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 6.3 / 10 from 11 votes
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