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.
The Defenders (Season 2)
The Voices of Death (Episode 1)
Writer: Reginald Rose
Air date: 1962-09-15
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Martha Harrow, a young wife and mother, is convicted of first-degree murder. The victim: her husband, an alcoholic and wife beater.
Blood Country (Episode 2)
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
Air date: 1962-09-22
Runtime: 60 min
The Indelible Silence (Episode 3)
Writer: Charles Garment
Air date: 1962-09-29
Runtime: 60 min
The Seven Ghosts of Simon Gray (Episode 4)
Writer: Stanley R. Greenberg
Air date: 1962-10-06
Runtime: 60 min
The Unwanted (Episode 5)
Writer: Robert Thom
Air date: 1962-10-13
Runtime: 60 min
Madman (1) (Episode 6)
Writer: Robert Thom
Air date: 1962-10-20
Runtime: 60 min
Madman (2) (Episode 7)
Writer: Robert Thom
Air date: 1962-10-27
Runtime: 60 min
The Bigamist (Episode 8)
Writer: David Karp
Air date: 1962-11-03
Runtime: 60 min
The Avenger (Episode 9)
Writer: James Lee
Air date: 1962-11-17
Runtime: 60 min
The Invisible Badge (Episode 10)
Writer: William Woolfolk
Air date: 1962-11-24
Runtime: 60 min
The Hidden Jungle (Episode 11)
Writer: Stanley R. Greenberg
Air date: 1962-12-01
Runtime: 60 min
The Savage Infant (Episode 12)
Writer: David Karp
Air date: 1962-12-08
Runtime: 60 min
The Apostle (Episode 13)
Writer: Stanley R. Greenberg
Air date: 1962-12-15
Runtime: 60 min
Grandma TNT (Episode 14)
Writer: David Karp
Air date: 1962-12-22
Runtime: 60 min
Don't Take the Stand (Episode 15)
Writer: David Davidson
Air date: 1962-12-29
Runtime: 60 min
Kill or Be Killed (Episode 16)
Writer: Larry Cohen
Air date: 1963-01-05
Runtime: 60 min
Man Against Himself (Episode 17)
Writer: Raphael Hayes
Air date: 1963-01-12
Runtime: 60 min
The Poisoned Fruit Doctrine (Episode 18)
Writer: A.J. Russell
Air date: 1963-01-19
Runtime: 60 min
Poltergeist (Episode 19)
Writer: Reginald Rose
Air date: 1963-01-26
Runtime: 60 min
Ordeal (Episode 20)
Writer: David Shaw
Air date: 1963-02-02
Runtime: 60 min
The Hour Before Doomsday (Episode 21)
Writer: William Woolfolk
Air date: 1963-02-09
Runtime: 60 min
The Traitor (Episode 22)
Writer: Larry Cohen
Air date: 1963-02-16
Runtime: 60 min
The Eye of Fear (Episode 23)
Writer: Stanley R. Greenberg
Air date: 1963-02-23
Runtime: 60 min
Metamorphosis (Episode 24)
Writer: Stanley R. Greenberg
Air date: 1963-03-02
Runtime: 60 min
The Last Illusion (Episode 25)
Writer: William Woolfolk
Air date: 1963-03-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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 Ballin claims someone tampered with the equipment.
The Heathen (Episode 26)
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
Air date: 1963-03-23
Runtime: 60 min
A Book for Burning (Episode 27)
Writer: William Woolfolk
Air date: 1963-03-30
Runtime: 60 min
A Taste of Vengeance (Episode 28)
Writer: A.J. Russell
Air date: 1963-04-06
Runtime: 60 min
The Colossus (Episode 29)
Writer: Larry Cohen
Air date: 1963-04-13
Runtime: 60 min
Judgment Eve (Episode 30)
Writer: Reginald Rose
Air date: 1963-04-20
Runtime: 60 min
The Noose (Episode 31)
Writer: Larry Cohen
Air date: 1963-04-27
Runtime: 60 min
Everybody Else is Dead (Episode 32)
Writer: James Lee
Air date: 1963-05-11
Runtime: 60 min
The Trial of Twenty-Two (Episode 33)
Writer: Stanley R. Greenberg
Air date: 1963-05-18
Runtime: 60 min
The Brother Killers (Episode 34)
Writer: David Karp
Air date: 1963-05-25
Runtime: 60 min
Seasons
Episodes 32
Episodes 34
Episodes 36
Episodes 30