The Defenders (1961) - Episodes- Followmy.tv

Martha Harrow, a young wife and mother, is convicted of first-degree murder. The victim: her husband, an alcoholic and wife beater.

In a small town, the Prestons slam into a wall of hostility and silence as they defend two hunters charged with murder.

A shattering drama focusing on a young neo-Nazi (Dennis Hopper) charged with murder - and a witness who refuses to testify.

Ed Begley portrays an elderly derelict hospitalized after a suicide attempt. His only identification: Lawrence Preston's business card.

A child becomes a pawn in a bitter courtroom battle when a woman tries to reclaim the daughter she gave up for adoption years before.

In an episode examining the legal definition of insanity, a man (Don Gordon) confesses to one murder - and hints he may be responsible for others.

Convinced that confessed killer Joey Tassili is psychotic, the Prestons prepare his defense, intending to test the legal definition of insanity.

Steve Janos (Jason Evers) faces a bigamy charge unless he returns to his first wife - an alcoholic whom he deserted years before.

A long search comes to an end for Dr. Mayer Loeb (Ludwig Donath) when he finds - and kills - the man responsible for murdering his wife and son in a Nazi con... read more

William Shatner stars as an assistant DA whose career is threatened when he's accused of accepting a bribe.

Indicted for first-degree murder, a former mental patient (Carroll O'Connor) faces conviction - and execution - on circumstantial evidence.

The Prestons' efforts to console a condemned murderer's son are mis-interpreted by the youth - who retaliates by wrecking the lawyers' apartment.

Albert Salmi stars as a street-corner preacher charged with attempted robbery.

Lillian Gish stars as "Grandma TNT," a sweet old lady who threatens to blow up a bank - unless she receives exactly $1342.76.

Howard March will stop at nothing to prevent his teenage daughter from driving her boyfriend to Vermont.

A condemned murderer kills a guard and escapes, unaware of the grim irony at work: he was cleared of the original murder charge.

Facing a possible 15-year sentence for manslaughter, Danny Ross (Ivan Dixon) insists on handling his own defense.

The admission of evidence gained by wire tapping is discussed in this episode. Cigar-stand owner Joseph Green (Stuart Erwin) retains the Prestons when he's a... read more

The Prestons turn detectives when a friend is mysteriously poisoned during a seance.

Beatrice Hillyer hires a gunman to kill her - after she carefully prepares evidence pointing to her estranged husband as the murderer.

Ralph Johnson, a newspaper reporter who is sued for libel by self-styled religious leader Jeremiah the Prophet.

Representing accused traitor Vincent Kayle, Preston must prepare a defense while struggling against his deep personal disgust for the man's actions.

No one is more surprised than Jerry Thomas when the police find his wife dead in the bedroom.

At Luke Jackson's final clemency hearing, Preston argues that the convicted murderer has become a model of rehabilitation during his seven years on death row.

Magician Monte Moran fails in his attempt to escape from a coffin-like box lowered into the river. When his body is finally retrieved, Moran's assistant Ball... read more

Ignoring an old taboo, prep-school instructor Roger Wesley (Gerald Hiken) puts his job in jeopardy by allowing students to express atheistic ideas.

Artistic expression and pornography are the issues in this drama. The Prestons defend an author charged with selling an "obscene and immoral" book.

The Prestons defend a woman accused of killing her terminally ill husband.

On trial for killing his wife, a Nobel Prize winner gambles that a jury won't convict him because of his contributions to science.

Quartered in a hotel, members of a deadlocked jury discuss the case among themselves - despite orders to the contrary.

The Prestons try to clear the name of a murder suspect who was lynched before he could be brought to trial.

Preston develops a strong affection for the woman he is representing in a divorce case.

Ignoring his father's advice, Fred Solasky defies a powerful union leader - and finds himself facing a murder charge.