The Defenders

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  • : 1961
  • : 132
  • : 120
  • CBS
  • Crime Drama Suspense

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2x1
The Voices of Death
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15, 1962
Martha Harrow, a young wife and mother, is convicted of first-degree murder. The victim: her husband, an alcoholic and wife beater.
2x2
Blood Country
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22, 1962
In a small town, the Prestons slam into a wall of hostility and silence as they defend two hunters charged with murder.
2x3
The Indelible Silence
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29, 1962
A shattering drama focusing on a young neo-Nazi (Dennis Hopper) charged with murder - and a witness who refuses to testify.
2x4
The Seven Ghosts of Simon Gray
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06, 1962
Ed Begley portrays an elderly derelict hospitalized after a suicide attempt. His only identification: Lawrence Preston's business card.
2x5
The Unwanted
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13, 1962
A child becomes a pawn in a bitter courtroom battle when a woman tries to reclaim the daughter she gave up for adoption years before.
2x6
Madman (1)
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20, 1962
In an episode examining the legal definition of insanity, a man (Don Gordon) confesses to one murder - and hints he may be responsible for others.
2x7
Madman (2)
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27, 1962
Convinced that confessed killer Joey Tassili is psychotic, the Prestons prepare his defense, intending to test the legal definition of insanity.
2x8
The Bigamist
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03, 1962
Steve Janos (Jason Evers) faces a bigamy charge unless he returns to his first wife - an alcoholic whom he deserted years before.
2x9
The Avenger
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17, 1962
A long search comes to an end for Dr. Mayer Loeb (Ludwig Donath) when he finds - and kills - the man responsible for murdering his wife and son in a Nazi concentration camp.
2x10
The Invisible Badge
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24, 1962
William Shatner stars as an assistant DA whose career is threatened when he's accused of accepting a bribe.
2x11
The Hidden Jungle
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01, 1962
Indicted for first-degree murder, a former mental patient (Carroll O'Connor) faces conviction - and execution - on circumstantial evidence.
2x12
The Savage Infant
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08, 1962
The Prestons' efforts to console a condemned murderer's son are mis-interpreted by the youth - who retaliates by wrecking the lawyers' apartment.
2x13
The Apostle
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15, 1962
Albert Salmi stars as a street-corner preacher charged with attempted robbery.
2x14
Grandma TNT
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22, 1962
Lillian Gish stars as "Grandma TNT," a sweet old lady who threatens to blow up a bank - unless she receives exactly $1342.76.
2x15
Don't Take the Stand
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29, 1962
Howard March will stop at nothing to prevent his teenage daughter from driving her boyfriend to Vermont.
2x16
Kill or Be Killed
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05, 1963
A condemned murderer kills a guard and escapes, unaware of the grim irony at work: he was cleared of the original murder charge.
2x17
Man Against Himself
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12, 1963
Facing a possible 15-year sentence for manslaughter, Danny Ross (Ivan Dixon) insists on handling his own defense.
2x18
The Poisoned Fruit Doctrine
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19, 1963
The admission of evidence gained by wire tapping is discussed in this episode. Cigar-stand owner Joseph Green (Stuart Erwin) retains the Prestons when he's arrested for dope peddling.
2x19
Poltergeist
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26, 1963
The Prestons turn detectives when a friend is mysteriously poisoned during a seance.
2x20
Ordeal
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02, 1963
Beatrice Hillyer hires a gunman to kill her - after she carefully prepares evidence pointing to her estranged husband as the murderer.
2x21
The Hour Before Doomsday
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09, 1963
Ralph Johnson, a newspaper reporter who is sued for libel by self-styled religious leader Jeremiah the Prophet.
2x22
The Traitor
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16, 1963
Representing accused traitor Vincent Kayle, Preston must prepare a defense while struggling against his deep personal disgust for the man's actions.
2x23
The Eye of Fear
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23, 1963
No one is more surprised than Jerry Thomas when the police find his wife dead in the bedroom.
2x24
Metamorphosis
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02, 1963
At Luke Jackson's final clemency hearing, Preston argues that the convicted murderer has become a model of rehabilitation during his seven years on death row.
2x25
The Last Illusion
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09, 1963
Magician Monte Moran fails in his attempt to escape from a coffin-like box lowered into the river. When his body is finally retrieved, Moran's assistant Ballin claims someone tampered with the equipment.
2x26
The Heathen
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23, 1963
Ignoring an old taboo, prep-school instructor Roger Wesley (Gerald Hiken) puts his job in jeopardy by allowing students to express atheistic ideas.
2x27
A Book for Burning
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30, 1963
Artistic expression and pornography are the issues in this drama. The Prestons defend an author charged with selling an "obscene and immoral" book.
2x28
A Taste of Vengeance
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06, 1963
The Prestons defend a woman accused of killing her terminally ill husband.
2x29
The Colossus
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13, 1963
On trial for killing his wife, a Nobel Prize winner gambles that a jury won't convict him because of his contributions to science.
2x30
Judgment Eve
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20, 1963
Quartered in a hotel, members of a deadlocked jury discuss the case among themselves - despite orders to the contrary.
2x31
The Noose
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27, 1963
The Prestons try to clear the name of a murder suspect who was lynched before he could be brought to trial.
2x32
Everybody Else is Dead
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11, 1963
Preston develops a strong affection for the woman he is representing in a divorce case.
2x33
The Trial of Twenty-Two
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18, 1963
Ignoring his father's advice, Fred Solasky defies a powerful union leader - and finds himself facing a murder charge.
2x34
The Brother Killers
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25, 1963
Three college students face conviction for manslaughter when a youth dies during a fraternity initiation.

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