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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...
Genre:Drama
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Season 1

  • Quality of Mercy
    7.9/1042 votes
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    Quality of Mercy

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1961

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

    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • Killer Instinct
    8.3/1048 votes
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    Killer Instinct

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1961

    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.

    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: John Vlahos

  • Death Across the Counter
    8.4/1035 votes
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    Death Across the Counter

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1961

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    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • The Riot
    7.9/1028 votes
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    The Riot

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1961

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    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: Max Ehrlich

  • The Young Lovers
    7.3/1027 votes
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    The Young Lovers

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1961

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    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: John Vlahos

  • The Boy Between
    7.5/1025 votes
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    The Boy Between

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1961

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    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: Robert Thom

  • The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
    8.1/1029 votes
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    The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1961

    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.

    Director: John Brahm

    Writer: Alvin Boretz

  • The Accident
    7.3/1022 votes
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    The Accident

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1961

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    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • The Trial of Jenny Scott
    8.0/1025 votes
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    The Trial of Jenny Scott

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1961

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    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • The Man with the Concrete Thumb
    7.8/1018 votes
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    The Man with the Concrete Thumb

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1961

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    Director: Ralph Nelson

    Writer: Ernest Kinoy

  • The Treadmill
    7.5/1020 votes
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    The Treadmill

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/1961

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    Director: Don Richardson

    Writer: Peter Stone

  • Perjury
    8.4/1025 votes
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    Perjury

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1961

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    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: Adrian Spies

  • The Attack
    8.6/1030 votes
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    The Attack

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/1961

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    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: John W. Bloch

  • The Prowler
    7.7/1024 votes
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    The Prowler

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/16/1961

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    Director: Paul Bogart

    Writer: David Shaw

  • Gideon's Follies
    6.5/1026 votes
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    Gideon's Follies

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/23/1961

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    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: Robert J. Crean

  • The Best Defense
    7.9/1021 votes
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    The Best Defense

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/30/1961

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    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: Ernest Kinoy

  • The Bedside Murder
    8.2/1023 votes
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    The Bedside Murder

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/6/1962

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    Director: Fielder Cook

    Writer: Max Ehrlich

  • The Search
    8.2/1024 votes
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    The Search

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/20/1962

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    Director: John Brahm

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • Storm at Birch Glen
    7.8/1018 votes
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    Storm at Birch Glen

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/27/1962

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    Director: John Brahm

    Writer: Jerome Ross

  • The Point Shaver
    7.9/1015 votes
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    The Point Shaver

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/3/1962

    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.

    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: Mann Rubin

  • The Locked Room
    8.1/1019 votes
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    The Locked Room

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/10/1962

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    Director: David Greene

    Writer: Ernest Kinoy

  • The Empty Chute
    7.7/1017 votes
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    The Empty Chute

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/17/1962

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    Director: Jack Smight

    Writer: Max Ehrlich

  • The Crusader
    7.6/1012 votes
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    The Crusader

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/24/1962

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    Director: Daniel Petrie

    Writer: Jerome Ross

  • The Hickory Indian
    7.5/1016 votes
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    The Hickory Indian

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/3/1962

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    Director: Stuart Rosenberg

    Writer: David Karp

  • The Iron Man
    7.9/1014 votes
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    The Iron Man

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/10/1962

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    Director: Buzz Kulik

    Writer: David Davidson

  • The Tarnished Cross
    7.9/1018 votes
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    The Tarnished Cross

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/17/1962

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    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: Reginald Rose

  • The Last Six Months
    7.9/1016 votes
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    The Last Six Months

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/31/1962

    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.

    Director: David Greene

    Writer: Max Ehrlich

  • The Naked Heiress
    8.0/1018 votes
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    The Naked Heiress

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/7/1962

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    Director: Jack Smight

    Writer: Alvin Boretz

  • Reunion with Death
    8.4/1025 votes
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    Reunion with Death

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/21/1962

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    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

    Writer: David Shaw

  • The Benefactor
    8.2/1038 votes
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    The Benefactor

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/28/1962

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    Director: Daniel Petrie

    Writer: Peter Stone

  • Along Came a Spider
    8.2/1014 votes
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    Along Came a Spider

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/5/1962

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    Director: Elliot Silverstein

    Writer: Peter Stone

  • The Broken Barrelhead
    8.2/1017 votes
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    The Broken Barrelhead

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/26/1962

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    Director: David Greene

    Writer: David Karp