The Defenders (1961)

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.

• First Air Date: 1961-09-16
• Last Air Date: 1965-05-13
• Total Seasons: 4
• Total Episodes: 132
• Episode Runtime: 60 min.
• Network: CBS
• Creator: Reginald Rose