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.

First Air Date : Sep 16, 1961

Last Air Date : May 13, 1965

Runtime : 1h 0m

Episodes : 132

Seasons : 4

Genre : Drama,

Companies : Plautus Productions, CBS

Countries : US

Keywords : parent child relationship, lawyer, courtroom, defense attorney, courtroom drama