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TV series

The Defenders

1961 · 4 seasons · 132 episodes

Created by Reginald Rose

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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.

About 132h to watch every episode. An estimate: 132 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 60 minutes.

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Main cast

  • E.G. Marshall
    Lawrence Preston
    132 episodes

  • Robert Reed
    Kenneth Preston
    132 episodes

  • Polly Rowles
    Helen Donaldson
    24 episodes

  • Ossie Davis
    Officer Bond
    8 episodes

  • J.D. Cannon
    Assistant District Attorney Ashley
    8 episodes

  • Frank Overton
    D.A. Bill Bryan
    6 episodes

  • Murray Hamilton
    Tark Bennett
    6 episodes

  • Joan Hackett
    Joan Miller
    5 episodes

  • William Shatner
    Assistant District Attorney Earl Rhodes
    5 episodes

  • Simon Oakland
    District Attorney Gardella
    5 episodes

  • Michael Strong
    Sgt. Jesse Cobb
    4 episodes

  • Edward Binns
    Victor Fergusson
    4 episodes

  • Martin Sheen
    Dino Locatelli
    4 episodes

  • Martin Balsam
    District Attorney
    4 episodes

  • Sam Wanamaker
    Dr. Ralph Ames
    4 episodes

  • Tim O'Connor
    Frank Evans
    4 episodes

  • Vincent Gardenia
    Sullivan
    4 episodes

  • Jack Gilford
    Louis Brandt
    4 episodes

Seasons