The Defenders
Season 1
1961 • 32 Episodes
Episodes
1. Quality of Mercy
September 16, 1961
Dr. Bill Conrad's patient, Leona Warner, delivers a baby with Down Syndrome.
2. Killer Instinct
September 23, 1961
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.
3. Death Across the Counter
September 30, 1961
No overview available.
4. The Riot
October 7, 1961
No overview available.
5. The Young Lovers
October 14, 1961
No overview available.
6. The Boy Between
October 21, 1961
No overview available.
7. The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
October 28, 1961
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.
8. The Accident
November 4, 1961
No overview available.
9. The Trial of Jenny Scott
November 11, 1961
No overview available.
10. The Man with the Concrete Thumb
November 18, 1961
No overview available.
11. The Treadmill
November 25, 1961
No overview available.
12. Perjury
December 2, 1961
No overview available.
13. The Attack
December 9, 1961
No overview available.
14. The Prowler
December 16, 1961
No overview available.
15. Gideon's Follies
December 23, 1961
No overview available.
16. The Best Defense
December 30, 1961
No overview available.
17. The Bedside Murder
January 6, 1962
No overview available.
18. The Search
January 20, 1962
No overview available.
19. Storm at Birch Glen
January 27, 1962
No overview available.
20. The Point Shaver
February 3, 1962
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.
21. The Locked Room
February 10, 1962
No overview available.
22. The Empty Chute
February 17, 1962
No overview available.
23. The Crusader
February 24, 1962
No overview available.
24. The Hickory Indian
March 3, 1962
No overview available.
25. The Iron Man
March 10, 1962
No overview available.
26. The Tarnished Cross
March 17, 1962
No overview available.
27. The Last Six Months
March 31, 1962
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.
28. The Naked Heiress
April 7, 1962
No overview available.
29. Reunion with Death
April 21, 1962
No overview available.
30. The Benefactor
April 28, 1962
No overview available.
31. Along Came a Spider
May 5, 1962
No overview available.
32. The Broken Barrelhead
May 26, 1962
No overview available.