The Defender (Studio One)

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.

• Reginald RoseWriter
• Fletcher MarkleCreator
• Robert MulliganDirector

• Ralph BellamyWalter Preston
• Martin BalsamFrancis Toohey
• Steve McQueenJoseph Gordon
• Vivian NathanMrs. Gordon
• William ShatnerKenneth Preston
• Ian WolfeJudge Marsala
• David J. StewartDr. Victor Wallach
• Russell HardieFirst Guard
• Iggie WolfingtonCourt Clerk
• Arthur StorchSeymour Miller
• Frank MarthFirst Reporter
• Eileen RyanBetsy Fuller