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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.

Sep 16, 19614 seasons132 episodesEndedEN

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E.G. Marshall

Lawrence Preston

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Robert Reed

Kenneth Preston

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Seasons

Season 1

32 episodes

Premiered Sep 16, 1961

Season 2

34 episodes

Premiered Sep 15, 1962

Season 3

36 episodes

Premiered Sep 28, 1963

Season 4

30 episodes

Premiered Sep 24, 1964

Episodes

1–6 of 32

Ep 1

Quality of Mercy

Sep 16, 1961

60m

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

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Ep 2

Killer Instinct

Sep 23, 1961

51m

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.

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