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The Defenders: Taking the First
A racist provokes four teens into beating a Latino youth to death after one of his fiery speeches on a college campus. The Prestons are first called upon to defend one of the youths who gives testimony against the other three. Then, in a turnaround, the family of the murdered boy hires the Prestons to try to get a conviction against the racist.
Cast
- Beau Bridges as Don Preston
- Martha Plimpton as MJ Preston
- Jeremy London as Wyman James
- Jordan Bridges
- Clifton Collins Jr. as Nelson Rodriguez
- Philip Casnoff as John Walker
- Mimi Kuzyk as Camille Preston
- Camilla Scott as Liz Carter
- Diego Fuentes as Bayo Rodriguez
- Marilo Nunez as Rosalie Rodriguez
- Nancy Palk as Judge Lacey
- Lili Francks as Alice Rawls
Details
- Director
- Andy Wolk
- Released
- October 25, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Studio
- Paramount Television and Showtime Networks
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.8 / 10 from 4 votes
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