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About The Defenders

The Defenders is a drama TV series that premiered on CBS on September 16, 1961. It has 4 seasons and 132 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 4 Episode 30 "Only a Child", aired on May 13, 1965.

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.

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Episodes

132 episodes · 4 seasons

Season 1

1961 · 32 episodes · Last episode: 64 years ago

The Defenders Season 1 release dates →
  1. E32

    32. The Broken Barrelhead

    Finale
  2. E31

    31. Along Came a Spider

  3. E30

    30. The Benefactor

  4. The Defenders S1 E29 still E29

    29. Reunion with Death

  5. E28

    28. The Naked Heiress

  6. E27

    27. The Last Six Months

    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.

  7. E26

    26. The Tarnished Cross

  8. E25

    25. The Iron Man

  9. E24

    24. The Hickory Indian

  10. E23

    23. The Crusader

  11. E22

    22. The Empty Chute

  12. E21

    21. The Locked Room

  13. E20

    20. The Point Shaver

    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.

  14. E19

    19. Storm at Birch Glen

  15. E18

    18. The Search

  16. E17

    17. The Bedside Murder

  17. E16

    16. The Best Defense

  18. E15

    15. Gideon's Follies

  19. E14

    14. The Prowler

  20. E13

    13. The Attack

  21. E12

    12. Perjury

  22. E11

    11. The Treadmill

  23. E10

    10. The Man with the Concrete Thumb

  24. E9

    9. The Trial of Jenny Scott

  25. E8

    8. The Accident

  26. E7

    7. The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms

    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.

  27. E6

    6. The Boy Between

  28. E5

    5. The Young Lovers

  29. E4

    4. The Riot

  30. E3

    3. Death Across the Counter

  31. E2

    2. Killer Instinct

    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.

  32. The Defenders S1 E1 still E1

    1. Quality of Mercy

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

Season 2

1962 · 34 episodes · Last episode: 63 years ago

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  1. E34

    34. The Brother Killers

    Finale
  2. E33

    33. The Trial of Twenty-Two

  3. E32

    32. Everybody Else is Dead

  4. E31

    31. The Noose

  5. E30

    30. Judgment Eve

  6. E29

    29. The Colossus

  7. E28

    28. A Taste of Vengeance

  8. E27

    27. A Book for Burning

  9. E26

    26. The Heathen

  10. E25

    25. The Last Illusion

    Magician Monte Moran fails in his attempt to escape from a coffin-like box lowered into the river. When his body is finally retrieved, Moran's assistant Ballin claims someone tampered with the equipment.

  11. E24

    24. Metamorphosis

  12. E23

    23. The Eye of Fear

  13. E22

    22. The Traitor

  14. E21

    21. The Hour Before Doomsday

  15. E20

    20. Ordeal

  16. E19

    19. Poltergeist

  17. E18

    18. The Poisoned Fruit Doctrine

  18. E17

    17. Man Against Himself

  19. E16

    16. Kill or Be Killed

  20. E15

    15. Don't Take the Stand

  21. E14

    14. Grandma TNT

  22. E13

    13. The Apostle

  23. E12

    12. The Savage Infant

  24. E11

    11. The Hidden Jungle

  25. E10

    10. The Invisible Badge

  26. E9

    9. The Avenger

  27. E8

    8. The Bigamist

  28. E7

    7. Madman (2)

  29. E6

    6. Madman (1)

  30. E5

    5. The Unwanted

  31. E4

    4. The Seven Ghosts of Simon Gray

  32. E3

    3. The Indelible Silence

  33. E2

    2. Blood Country

  34. E1

    1. The Voices of Death

    Martha Harrow, a young wife and mother, is convicted of first-degree murder. The victim: her husband, an alcoholic and wife beater.

Season 3

1963 · 36 episodes · Last episode: 62 years ago

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  1. E36

    36. The Uncivil War

    Finale
  2. E35

    35. Hollow Triumph

  3. E34

    34. Stowaway

  4. E33

    33. The Non-Violent

  5. E32

    32. The Fine Line

  6. E31

    31. The Sixth Alarm

  7. E30

    30. Mind Over Murder

  8. E29

    29. The Man Who Saved His Country

  9. E28

    28. Yankee Go Home

  10. E27

    27. The Thief

  11. E26

    26. May Day! May Day!

  12. E25

    25. Die Laughing

  13. E24

    24. The Hidden Fury

  14. E23

    23. Moment of Truth

  15. E22

    22. Survival

  16. E21

    21. Drink Like a Lady

  17. E20

    20. The Pill Man

  18. E19

    19. The Secret

  19. E18

    18. All the Silent Voices

    Dr. Katherine Tasso opens a clinic and dispenses birth-control information—although she's aware that her actions violate state laws.

  20. E17

    17. Who'll Dig His Grave?

  21. E16

    16. Blacklist

    Blacklist is an episode of TV program The Defenders.

  22. E15

    15. The Last Day

  23. E14

    14. Claire Cheval Died in Boston

  24. E13

    13. Fugue for Trumpet and Small Boy

  25. E12

    12. Old Lady Ironsides

    A high school senior is denied the chance to finish two more months of high school for a diploma, just because she has been found to be pregnant. A little old lady who has befriended the girl, and who had been an active Suffragette, determines to help her: she chains herself to the school entrance. The attending publicity and subsequent sanity hearing for the old lady, force the board to change its ruling.

  26. E11

    11. The Crowd Pleaser

  27. E10

    10. Climate of Evil

  28. E9

    9. The Seal of Confession

  29. E8

    8. Loophole

  30. E7

    7. Star-Spangled Ghetto

  31. E6

    6. The Cruel Hook

  32. E5

    5. Conspiracy of Silence

  33. E4

    4. The Bagman

  34. E3

    3. The Captive

  35. E2

    2. The Empty Heart

  36. E1

    1. The Weeping Baboon

Season 4

1964 · 30 episodes · Last episode: 61 years ago

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  1. E30

    30. Only a Child

    Finale
  2. E29

    29. The Bum's Rush

  3. E28

    28. The Prosecutor

  4. E27

    27. Youths and Maidens on an Evening Walk

  5. E26

    26. A Matter of Law and Disorder

  6. E25

    25. The Sworn Twelve

  7. E24

    24. Impeachment

  8. E23

    23. Nobody Asks What Side You're On . . .

  9. E22

    22. The Merry-Go-Round Murder

  10. E21

    21. No-Knock

  11. E20

    20. Fires of the Mind

    After taking LSD, mentally disturbed Robert Kraft commits suicide while experiencing a hallucinatory reaction—and Dr. Byron Saul (Pleasence), who's been treating Kraft with the drug, is charged with manslaughter.

  12. E19

    19. The Objector

  13. E18

    18. The Unwritten Law

  14. E17

    17. Death on Wheels

  15. E16

    16. The Silent Killers

  16. E15

    15. Eyewitness

  17. E14

    14. Whipping Boy

  18. E13

    13. King of the Hill

  19. E12

    12. A Voice Loud and Clear

  20. E11

    11. Whitewash

  21. E10

    10. The Siege

  22. E9

    9. Comeback

  23. E8

    8. A Taste of Ashes

  24. E7

    7. Turning Point

  25. E6

    6. The Man Who . . .

  26. E5

    5. Conflict of Interests

  27. E4

    4. Go-Between

  28. E3

    3. Hero of the People

  29. E2

    2. The Seven Hundred-Year Old Gang (2)

  30. E1

    1. The Seven Hundred-Year Old Gang (1)

Cast & crew

Created by Reginald Rose

  • Loring Smith

    Loring Smith

    Commissioner Frank Conn

  • Barnard Hughes

    Barnard Hughes

    Lester Swann

  • Leslie Nielsen

    Leslie Nielsen

    Bob Garrison

  • Jack Klugman

    Jack Klugman

    Joe Larch

  • Robert Gerringer

    Robert Gerringer

    D.A. Louis Fontana

  • Gene Hackman

    Gene Hackman

    Stanley McGuirk

  • Michael Higgins

    Michael Higgins

    Dr. Fowler

  • Conrad Bain

    Conrad Bain

    District Attorney Monahan

  • Val Avery

    Val Avery

    Mac Peters

  • Jean Stapleton

    Jean Stapleton

    Mrs. Larsen

  • Peter von Zerneck

    Peter von Zerneck

    Dr. Gerhardt

  • Charlotte Rae

    Charlotte Rae

    Mrs. Abeles

  • Ricardo Montalban

    Ricardo Montalban

    'Spanish John' Espejo

  • Richard Bright

    Richard Bright

    Phil Macy

  • Ward Costello

    Ward Costello

    Tom Aufderheidie

  • Barbara Harris

    Barbara Harris

    Margit Wolsung

The Defenders FAQ

Will there be new episodes of The Defenders?

The Defenders has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on May 13, 1965.

When did the latest episode of The Defenders come out?

The most recent episode of The Defenders, Season 4 Episode 30 "Only a Child", aired on May 13, 1965.

How many seasons of The Defenders are there?

The Defenders has 4 seasons with 132 episodes in total.

When did The Defenders first air?

The Defenders first aired on CBS on September 16, 1961.

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