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The Defenders

★ 5.9 (10 votes) | 1961 | 1h 0m
Drama
Overview

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.

Details
  • Status Ended
  • First Air Date September 16, 1961
  • Last Air Date May 13, 1965
  • Seasons 4
  • Episodes 132
  • Networks CBS

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Season 1
Season 1

32 episodes • 1961

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Season 2

34 episodes • 1962

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Season 3

36 episodes • 1963

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Season 4

30 episodes • 1964

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