The Defender (Studio One)(1957)

movie - first aired/released 1957-02-25 - 101 min - audience 6.1

Drama, TV Movie

Directed by Robert Mulligan

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.