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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Season 1
1961
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01. Quality of Mercy
1961-09-16
Dr. Bill Conrad's patient, Leona Warner, delivers a baby with Down Syndrome.
02. Killer Instinct
1961-09-23
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.
03. Death Across the Counter
1961-09-30
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04. The Riot
1961-10-07
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05. The Young Lovers
1961-10-14
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06. The Boy Between
1961-10-21
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07. The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
1961-10-28
Frank Gorshin stars as an impressionist accused of murder who claims he's innocent because ""Jimmy Cagney did it""—and breaks into his multiple personality of Cagney on the witness stand as the Prestons are questioning him.
08. The Accident
1961-11-04
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09. The Trial of Jenny Scott
1961-11-11
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10. The Man with the Concrete Thumb
1961-11-18
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11. The Treadmill
1961-11-25
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12. Perjury
1961-12-02
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13. The Attack
1961-12-09
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14. The Prowler
1961-12-16
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15. Gideon's Follies
1961-12-23
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16. The Best Defense
1961-12-30
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17. The Bedside Murder
1962-01-06
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18. The Search
1962-01-20
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19. Storm at Birch Glen
1962-01-27
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20. The Point Shaver
1962-02-03
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.
21. The Locked Room
1962-02-10
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22. The Empty Chute
1962-02-17
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23. The Crusader
1962-02-24
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24. The Hickory Indian
1962-03-03
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25. The Iron Man
1962-03-10
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26. The Tarnished Cross
1962-03-17
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27. The Last Six Months
1962-03-31
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.
28. The Naked Heiress
1962-04-07
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29. Reunion with Death
1962-04-21
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30. The Benefactor
1962-04-28
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31. Along Came a Spider
1962-05-05
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32. The Broken Barrelhead
1962-05-26
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