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The Defenders (1961) Season 1

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1x01 Quality of Mercy aired Sep 16, 1961

The legal and moral implications of mercy killing are examined as the Prestons defend a doctor charged with killing a Mongoloid baby.

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1x02 Killer Instinct aired Sep 23, 1961

A wartime hero who had been trained to act like a "destructive animal," kills a man with a judo blow. At his trial the vital question is "did he kill because... read more

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1x03 Death Across the Counter aired Sep 30, 1961

The tortured world of a dope addict is explored in this story of a young man convinced he's guilty of murder - although he has no recollection of the crime.

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1x04 The Riot aired Oct 07, 1961

Preston (E.G. Marshall) undertakes a delicate and dangerous task: acting as intermediary for the investigators of a prison riot.

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1x05 Young Lovers aired Oct 14, 1961

A destitute young couple take a desperate gamble to provide for themselves and their baby.

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1x06 The Boy Between aired Oct 21, 1961

The Prestons become embroiled in a bitter custody battle when they are retained by Belle Remington (Norma Crane), who insists her son never be allowed to see... read more

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1x07 The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms aired Oct 28, 1961

Impersonator Harry Simms is accused of killing his fiancée, and he asks Ken to defend him. But Ken is baffled by Harry's plea: he says he couldn't have murde... read more

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1x08 The Accident aired Nov 04, 1961

A woman is charged with criminal negligence when she hits a child while driving home from a party.

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1x09 The Trial of Jenny Scott aired Nov 11, 1961

Unhappily married Jenny Scott (Mary Fickett) is the prime suspect when her husband is murdered.

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1x10 The Man with the Concrete Thumb aired Nov 18, 1961

Picketing to save a park, Joan Miller (Joan Hackett) is charged with second-degree assault when a brick thrown by one of the demonstrators injures an adversary. read more

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1x11 The Treadmill aired Nov 25, 1961

Released from a mental hospital, Victor Fergusson (Edward Binns) is forced to stand trial for a murder he committed 25 years before.

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1x12 Perjury aired Dec 02, 1961

Charged with perjury, a witness says he lied because Preston asked him to.

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1x13 The Attack aired Dec 09, 1961

The impact of public opinion on a trial is examined in this story of a policeman who kills the alleged molester of his young daughter.

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1x14 The Prowler aired Dec 16, 1961

Dwight Harkavy (Kent Smith) goes on trial for shooting a prowler - who was his wife's first husband.

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1x15 Gideon's Follies aired Dec 23, 1961

Preston investigates the death of a millionaire playboy - murdered before he could divide his estate among his current spouse and five ex-wives.

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1x16 The Best Defense aired Dec 30, 1961

The Prestons come to the aid of a racketeer charged with the gangland murder of a small-time hoodlum.

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1x17 The Bedside Murder aired Jan 06, 1962

The Prestons defend a doctor accused of murdering a wealthy patient who promised to leave him a large sum in her will.

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1x18 The Search aired Jan 20, 1962

An old homicide case is reopened when James Mitchell (James Congdon) confesses to a murder for which another man was executed six years earlier.

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1x19 Storm at Birch Glen aired Jan 27, 1962

The Prestons encounter fear and hostility at a reform school when they are retained by a supervisor charged with murdering one of the inmates.

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1x20 The Point Shaver aired Feb 03, 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 hi... read more

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1x21 The Locked Room aired Feb 10, 1962

The Prestons defend an heiress on trial for the death of a woman reputed to have been having an affair with her husband, who is the only witness to the incid... read more

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1x22 The Empty Chute aired Feb 17, 1962

The Army suspects foul play when a paratrooper's chute fails to open and he falls to his death.

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1x23 The Crusader aired Feb 24, 1962

Ken launches a personal investigation when a model prisoner - jailed for crimes he insists he never committed - is refused parole.

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1x24 The Hickory Indian aired Mar 03, 1962

The defendant: Louis Astor (George Voskovec), who's charged with stealing money from his son's firm.

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1x25 The Iron Man aired Mar 10, 1962

The Prestons give a campus fascist leader a lesson in democracy when he's arrested after his henchmen beat up a heckler.

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1x26 The Tarnished Cross aired Mar 17, 1962

The Prestons become defense counselors in a kangaroo court set up by a group of teenagers bent on trying an alleged murderer.

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1x27 The Last Six Months aired Mar 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 ... read more

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1x28 The Naked Heiress aired Apr 07, 1962

Edna Holley (Glenda Farrell) invites trouble when she blackmails a professor who's interested in her daughter, a strip-tease artist.

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1x29 Reunion with Death aired Apr 21, 1962

A group of Air Force veterans set up a kangaroo court to try one of their number for treason.

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1x30 The Benefactor aired Apr 28, 1962

A controversial episode dealing with the trial of an accused abortionist.

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1x31 Along Came a Spider aired May 05, 1962

The Prestons defend an ex-vaudevillian accused of murdering his son-in-law. The only witness: the dead man's daughter.

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1x32 The Broken Barrelhead aired May 26, 1962

Defending a youth charged with vehicular homicide, the Prestons are hampered by the boy's overbearing father (Harold J. Stone) - who isn't above bribing jurors. read more

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