The Defenders

Season 1

1961 · 32 episodes · 31h 41m in all · 8.0/10

Episodes

1. 

   1. Quality of Mercy

   16 Sept 1961 · 60 min

   Dr. Bill Conrad's patient, Leona Warner, delivers a baby with Down Syndrome.

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   2. Killer Instinct

   23 Sept 1961 · 51 min · 7.0/10

   When mild-mannered Jim McLeery kills an abusive stranger, it seems a clear-cut case of self-defense. But the prosecution reveals that, in his army days, McCleery was trained to kill.

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   3. Death Across the Counter

   30 Sept 1961 · 60 min

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   4. The Riot

   7 Oct 1961 · 60 min

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   5. The Young Lovers

   14 Oct 1961 · 50 min

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   6. The Boy Between

   21 Oct 1961 · 60 min

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   7. The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms

   28 Oct 1961 · 60 min

   Frank Gorshin stars as an impressionist accused of murder who claims he's innocent because ""Jimmy Cagney did it""—and breaks into his multiple personality of Cagney on the witness stand as the Prestons are questioning him.

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   8. The Accident

   4 Nov 1961 · 60 min

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   9. The Trial of Jenny Scott

   11 Nov 1961 · 60 min

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    10. The Man with the Concrete Thumb

    18 Nov 1961 · 60 min

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    11. The Treadmill

    25 Nov 1961 · 60 min

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    12. Perjury

    2 Dec 1961 · 60 min · 8.0/10

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    13. The Attack

    9 Dec 1961 · 60 min

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    14. The Prowler

    16 Dec 1961 · 60 min

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    15. Gideon's Follies

    23 Dec 1961 · 60 min

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    16. The Best Defense

    30 Dec 1961 · 60 min

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    17. The Bedside Murder

    6 Jan 1962 · 60 min

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    18. The Search

    20 Jan 1962 · 60 min

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    19. Storm at Birch Glen

    27 Jan 1962 · 60 min

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    20. The Point Shaver

    3 Feb 1962 · 60 min

    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 hired to defend Phillips before the State's Senate Rackets Committee.

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    21. The Locked Room

    10 Feb 1962 · 60 min

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    22. The Empty Chute

    17 Feb 1962 · 60 min

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    23. The Crusader

    24 Feb 1962 · 60 min

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    24. The Hickory Indian

    3 Mar 1962 · 60 min

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    25. The Iron Man

    10 Mar 1962 · 60 min

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    26. The Tarnished Cross

    17 Mar 1962 · 60 min

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    27. The Last Six Months

    31 Mar 1962 · 60 min · 9.0/10

    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 died.

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    28. The Naked Heiress

    7 Apr 1962 · 60 min

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    29. Reunion with Death

    21 Apr 1962 · 60 min

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    30. The Benefactor

    28 Apr 1962 · 60 min

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    31. Along Came a Spider

    5 May 1962 · 60 min

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    32. The Broken Barrelhead

    26 May 1962 · 60 min