The Defenders
1961·Show
·132Episodes in4Seasons·


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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.
Classic Courtroom DramaSocial Justice ThemesPhilosophical DebateLegal EthicsCharacter-Driven NarrativeThought-ProvokingMoral DilemmasFather-Son DynamicHistorical Context
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