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The Defenders (1961)

Crime · Drama

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.

IMDb rating
7.9 (573 votes)
Seasons
4
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1961)

8.02 avg 32 episodes 7.8 → 8.6 60 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 47 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 51 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 36 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 30 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 28 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 26 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 30 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 24 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 26 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 21 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 21 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 24 votesEp 13: 8.4 · 31 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 25 votesEp 15: 6.2 · 29 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 22 votesEp 17: 8.5 · 25 votesEp 18: 8.4 · 24 votesEp 19: 7.6 · 19 votesEp 20: 8.2 · 16 votesEp 21: 8.2 · 21 votesEp 22: 8.0 · 18 votesEp 23: 8.4 · 14 votesEp 24: 7.7 · 17 votesEp 25: 8.1 · 15 votesEp 26: 8.2 · 19 votesEp 27: 8.2 · 16 votesEp 28: 7.6 · 20 votesEp 29: 8.5 · 26 votesEp 30: 8.2 · 41 votesEp 31: 8.7 · 15 votesEp 32: 8.6 · 17 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Quality of Mercy7.847
2Killer Instinct8.351
3Death Across the Counter8.536
4The Riot7.730
5The Young Lovers7.628
6The Boy Between7.426
7The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms8.230
8The Accident7.624
9The Trial of Jenny Scott8.126
10The Man with the Concrete Thumb7.821
11The Treadmill7.821
12Perjury8.524
13The Attack8.431
14The Prowler7.825
15Gideon's Follies6.229
16The Best Defense7.822
17The Bedside Murder8.525
18The Search8.424
19Storm at Birch Glen7.619
20The Point Shaver8.216
21The Locked Room8.221
22The Empty Chute8.018
23The Crusader8.414
24The Hickory Indian7.717
25The Iron Man8.115
26The Tarnished Cross8.219
27The Last Six Months8.216
28The Naked Heiress7.620
29Reunion with Death8.526
30The Benefactor8.241
31Along Came a Spider8.715
32The Broken Barrelhead8.617

Season 2 (1962)

8.35 avg 8 episodes 8.5 → 8.2 60 min avg

Ep 6: 8.5 · 18 votesEp 7: 8.9 · 21 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 25 votesEp 14: 9.3 · 22 votesEp 20: 7.6 · 15 votesEp 22: 8.5 · 16 votesEp 24: 8.0 · 22 votesEp 30: 8.2 · 17 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
6Madman: Part 18.518
7Madman: Part 28.921
10The Invisible Badge7.825
14Grandma TNT9.322
20Ordeal7.615
22The Traitor8.516
24Metamorphosis8.022
30Judgment Eve8.217

Season 3 (1963)

8.59 avg 7 episodes 9.0 → 8.7 60 min avg

Ep 5: 9.0 · 16 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 17 votesEp 16: 8.6 · 23 votesEp 23: 8.3 · 15 votesEp 25: 8.2 · 13 votesEp 29: 8.7 · 14 votesEp 33: 8.7 · 16 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
5Conspiracy of Silence9.016
12Old Lady Ironsides8.617
16Blacklist8.623
23Moment of Truth8.315
25Die Laughing8.213
29The Man Who Saved His Country8.714
33The Non-Violent8.716

Season 4 (1965)

8.13 avg 3 episodes 8.1 → 8.7 60 min avg

Ep 14: 8.1 · 18 votesEp 25: 7.6 · 13 votesEp 28: 8.7 · 15 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
14Whipping Boy8.118
25The Sworn Twelve7.613
28The Prosecutor8.715
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