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.
CreatorsReginald Rose
ProducersBob Markell
WritersReginald Rose, Robert Thom
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First air date1961-09-16
Last air date1965-05-13
LanguageEnglish
Production companiesPlautus Productions, CBS