All Episodes of The Defenders
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Season 1
7.9/1043 votesQuality 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
- 8.2/1048 votes
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
- 8.4/1035 votes
Death Across the Counter
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1961
No description available
Director: Buzz Kulik
Writer: Reginald Rose
- 7.8/1029 votes
The Riot
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1961
No description available
Director: Buzz Kulik
Writer: Max Ehrlich
- 7.3/1027 votes
The Young Lovers
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1961
No description available
Director: Buzz Kulik
Writer: John Vlahos
- 7.5/1025 votes
The Boy Between
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1961
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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: Robert Thom
- 8.1/1029 votes
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
- 7.3/1022 votes
The Accident
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1961
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Director: Buzz Kulik
Writer: Reginald Rose
- 8.0/1025 votes
The Trial of Jenny Scott
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1961
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Director: Buzz Kulik
Writer: Reginald Rose
- 7.8/1018 votes
The Man with the Concrete Thumb
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1961
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Director: Ralph Nelson
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
- 7.5/1020 votes
The Treadmill
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/1961
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Director: Don Richardson
Writer: Peter Stone
- 8.4/1025 votes
Perjury
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1961
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Director: Boris Sagal
Writer: Adrian Spies
- 8.3/1031 votes
The Attack
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/1961
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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: John W. Bloch
- 7.7/1024 votes
The Prowler
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/16/1961
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Director: Paul Bogart
Writer: David Shaw
- 6.5/1026 votes
Gideon's Follies
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/23/1961
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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: Robert J. Crean
- 7.9/1021 votes
The Best Defense
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/30/1961
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Director: Paul Stanley
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
- 8.3/1024 votes
The Bedside Murder
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/6/1962
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Director: Fielder Cook
Writer: Max Ehrlich
- 8.2/1024 votes
The Search
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/20/1962
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Director: John Brahm
Writer: Reginald Rose
- 7.8/1018 votes
Storm at Birch Glen
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/27/1962
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Director: John Brahm
Writer: Jerome Ross
- 7.9/1015 votes
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
- 8.1/1019 votes
The Locked Room
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/10/1962
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Director: David Greene
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
- 7.7/1017 votes
The Empty Chute
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/17/1962
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Director: Jack Smight
Writer: Max Ehrlich
- 7.6/1012 votes
The Crusader
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/24/1962
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Director: Daniel Petrie
Writer: Jerome Ross
- 7.5/1016 votes
The Hickory Indian
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/3/1962
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Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: David Karp
- 7.9/1014 votes
The Iron Man
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/10/1962
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Director: Buzz Kulik
Writer: David Davidson
- 7.9/1018 votes
The Tarnished Cross
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/17/1962
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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: Reginald Rose
- 7.9/1016 votes
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
- 7.5/1019 votes
The Naked Heiress
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/7/1962
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Director: Jack Smight
Writer: Alvin Boretz
8.4/1025 votesReunion with Death
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/21/1962
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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: David Shaw
- 8.2/1040 votes
The Benefactor
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/28/1962
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Director: Daniel Petrie
Writer: Peter Stone
- 8.2/1014 votes
Along Came a Spider
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/5/1962
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Director: Elliot Silverstein
Writer: Peter Stone
- 8.2/1017 votes
The Broken Barrelhead
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/26/1962
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Director: David Greene
Writer: David Karp