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The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series that ran on CBS from 1961 to 1965. It was created by television writer Reginald Rose. Original music for the series was scored by Frank Lewin and Leonard Rosenman.

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The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series that ran on CBS from 1961 to 1965. It was created by television writer Reginald Rose. Original music for the series was scored by Frank Lewin and Leonard Rosenman.

Original Release

09/16/1961 on CBS

US Release

09/16/1961

Cast

(see additional cast & crew)
# Title Air Date
1 The Seven Hundred Year Old Gang: Part 1 Thursday, 24 September 1964
2 The Seven Hundred Year Old Gang: Part 2 Thursday, 01 October 1964
3 Hero of the People Thursday, 08 October 1964
4 Go Between Thursday, 15 October 1964
5 Conflict of Interests Thursday, 22 October 1964
6 The Man Who Thursday, 29 October 1964
7 Turning Point Thursday, 05 November 1964
8 A Taste of Ashes Thursday, 12 November 1964
9 Comeback Thursday, 26 November 1964
10 The Siege Thursday, 03 December 1964
11 Whitewash Thursday, 10 December 1964
12 A Voice Loud and Clear Thursday, 17 December 1964
13 King of the Hill Thursday, 31 December 1964
14 Whipping Boy Thursday, 07 January 1965
15 Eyewitness Thursday, 14 January 1965
16 The Silent Killer Thursday, 21 January 1965
17 Death on Wheels Thursday, 28 January 1965
18 The Unwritten Law Thursday, 04 February 1965
19 The Objector Thursday, 11 February 1965
20 Fires of the Mind Thursday, 18 February 1965
21 No-Knock Thursday, 25 February 1965
22 The Merry-Go-Round Mender Thursday, 04 March 1965
23 Nobody Asks What Side You're On Thursday, 11 March 1965
24 Impeachment Thursday, 18 March 1965
25 The Sworn Twelve Thursday, 25 March 1965
26 A Matter of Law and Disorder Thursday, 08 April 1965
27 Youths and Maidens on an Evening Walk Thursday, 15 April 1965
28 The Prosecutor Thursday, 29 April 1965
29 The Bum's Rush Thursday, 06 May 1965
30 Only a Child Thursday, 13 May 1965

Directors

Paul Bogart, Stuart Rosenberg, David Greene, Buzz Kulik, Don Richardson, Franklin J. Schaffner, Alex March, Charles S. Dubin, Daniel Petrie, Elliot Silverstein, Leonard J. Horn, John Brahm, Jack Smight, Robert Butler, Robert Stevens, Philip Leacock, Paul Sylbert, William Ball, Paul Stanley, Gerald Mayer, John Newland, Vincent J. Donehue, Shepard Traube, David Pressman, James Sheldon, Sidney Katz, Boris Sagal, Ted Post, Ralph Nelson, Tom Gries, Lamont Johnson, Sam Wanamaker, Fielder Cook, Sydney Pollack, Alexander Mackendrick, Paul Stewart, Denis Sanders, Michael Powell

Writers

Reginald Rose, David Karp, William Woolfolk, Larry Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, Stanley R. Greenberg, Roger H. Lewis, Robert J. Crean, David Shaw, Ellen M. Violett, Max Ehrlich, Edward DeBlasio, Robert Thom, Peter Stone, Alvin Boretz, James Lee, Albert Ruben, Charles Garment, A.J. Russell, Harold Gast, Ian McLellan Hunter, David W. Rintels, David Davidson, John Vlahos, Jerome Ross, Howard Fast, Adrian Spies, Raphael Hayes, George Bellak, John W. Bloch, Mann Rubin, Bo Goldman, George Baxt, Robert Van Scoyk, A.E. Hotchner, Charles Eckert, Allan Chase, Andrea Russo, Peter A. Chilles, Martin Donaldson, Rod Sylvester, Arnold Manoff

Creators

Reginald Rose

Cast

Producers

Editors

Arline Garson, Sidney Katz, Murray Solomon

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