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The Defenders.

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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.

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Created by Reginald Rose

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Season 1.

Quality of Mercy

1961-09-16 · 1h 0m

Dr. Bill Conrad's patient, Leona Warner, delivers a baby with Down Syndrome.

Killer Instinct

1961-09-23 · 51m7.0

When mild-mannered Jim McLeery kills an abusive stranger, it seems a clear-cut case of self-defense. But the prosecution reveals that, in his army days, McCleery was trained to kill.

Death Across the Counter

1961-09-30 · 1h 0m

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The Riot

1961-10-07 · 1h 0m

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The Young Lovers

1961-10-14 · 50m

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The Boy Between

1961-10-21 · 1h 0m

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The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms

1961-10-28 · 1h 0m

Frank Gorshin stars as an impressionist accused of murder who claims he's innocent because ""Jimmy Cagney did it""â€”and breaks into his multiple personality of Cagney on the witness stand as the Prestons are questioning him.

The Accident

1961-11-04 · 1h 0m

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The Trial of Jenny Scott

1961-11-11 · 1h 0m

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The Man with the Concrete Thumb

1961-11-18 · 1h 0m

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The Treadmill

1961-11-25 · 1h 0m

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Perjury

1961-12-02 · 1h 0m8.0

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The Attack

1961-12-09 · 1h 0m

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The Prowler

1961-12-16 · 1h 0m

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Gideon's Follies

1961-12-23 · 1h 0m

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The Best Defense

1961-12-30 · 1h 0m

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The Bedside Murder

1962-01-06 · 1h 0m

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The Search

1962-01-20 · 1h 0m

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Storm at Birch Glen

1962-01-27 · 1h 0m

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The Point Shaver

1962-02-03 · 1h 0m

Stacy Phillips, star college basketball player, is accused of taking money from gambler Vince Fargo to fix a game. The Presons, alumni of the college, are hired to defend Phillips before the State's Senate Rackets Committee.

The Locked Room

1962-02-10 · 1h 0m

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The Empty Chute

1962-02-17 · 1h 0m

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The Crusader

1962-02-24 · 1h 0m

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The Hickory Indian

1962-03-03 · 1h 0m

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The Iron Man

1962-03-10 · 1h 0m

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The Tarnished Cross

1962-03-17 · 1h 0m

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The Last Six Months

1962-03-31 · 1h 0m9.0

Arthur Hill plays a man with six months to live--he kills his business partner in a fit of rage when the man refuses to help support his family after he has died.

The Naked Heiress

1962-04-07 · 1h 0m

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Reunion with Death

1962-04-21 · 1h 0m

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The Benefactor

1962-04-28 · 1h 0m

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Along Came a Spider

1962-05-05 · 1h 0m

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The Broken Barrelhead

1962-05-26 · 1h 0m

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Cast.

E.G. Marshall

E.G. Marshall

Lawrence Preston

Robert Reed

Robert Reed

Kenneth Preston

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