The Defenders(1961)
Drama
First Air Date: 1961-09-16
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 6.3
Votes: 11
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 132
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.
Keywords
parent child relationshiplawyercourtroomdefense attorneycourtroom drama
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 32E01
Quality of Mercy
Air Date: 1961-09-16
Dr. Bill Conrad's patient, Leona Warner, delivers a baby with Down Syndrome.
E02
Killer Instinct
Air Date: 1961-09-23
When mild-mannered Jim McLeery kills an abusive stranger, it seems a clear-cut case of self-defense. But the prosecut...
E03
Death Across the Counter
Air Date: 1961-09-30
No episode overview available.
E04
The Riot
Air Date: 1961-10-07
No episode overview available.
E05
The Young Lovers
Air Date: 1961-10-14
No episode overview available.
E06
The Boy Between
Air Date: 1961-10-21
No episode overview available.
E07
The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
Air Date: 1961-10-28
Frank Gorshin stars as an impressionist accused of murder who claims he's innocent because ""Jimmy Cagney did it""—...
E08
The Accident
Air Date: 1961-11-04
No episode overview available.
E09
The Trial of Jenny Scott
Air Date: 1961-11-11
No episode overview available.
E10
The Man with the Concrete Thumb
Air Date: 1961-11-18
No episode overview available.
E11
The Treadmill
Air Date: 1961-11-25
No episode overview available.
E12
Perjury
Air Date: 1961-12-02
No episode overview available.
E13
The Attack
Air Date: 1961-12-09
No episode overview available.
E14
The Prowler
Air Date: 1961-12-16
No episode overview available.
E15
Gideon's Follies
Air Date: 1961-12-23
No episode overview available.
E16
The Best Defense
Air Date: 1961-12-30
No episode overview available.
E17
The Bedside Murder
Air Date: 1962-01-06
No episode overview available.
E18
The Search
Air Date: 1962-01-20
No episode overview available.
E19
Storm at Birch Glen
Air Date: 1962-01-27
No episode overview available.
E20
The Point Shaver
Air Date: 1962-02-03
Stacy Phillips, star college basketball player, is accused of taking money from gambler Vince Fargo to fix a game. Th...
E21
The Locked Room
Air Date: 1962-02-10
No episode overview available.
E22
The Empty Chute
Air Date: 1962-02-17
No episode overview available.
E23
The Crusader
Air Date: 1962-02-24
No episode overview available.
E24
The Hickory Indian
Air Date: 1962-03-03
No episode overview available.
E25
The Iron Man
Air Date: 1962-03-10
No episode overview available.
E26
The Tarnished Cross
Air Date: 1962-03-17
No episode overview available.
E27
The Last Six Months
Air Date: 1962-03-31
Arthur Hill plays a man with six months to live--he kills his business partner in a fit of rage when the man refuses ...
E28
The Naked Heiress
Air Date: 1962-04-07
No episode overview available.
E29
Reunion with Death
Air Date: 1962-04-21
No episode overview available.
E30
The Benefactor
Air Date: 1962-04-28
No episode overview available.
E31
Along Came a Spider
Air Date: 1962-05-05
No episode overview available.
E32
The Broken Barrelhead
Air Date: 1962-05-26
No episode overview available.
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