The Defender (Studio One)

Drama, TV Movie

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Robert Mulligan

Status Released

Release Date 1957-02-25

Storyline

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.