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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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Seasons
Season 132 episodes1961
1
Quality of Mercy
1961-09-16
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2Killer Instinct
1961-09-23
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3Death Across the Counter
1961-09-30
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4The Riot
1961-10-07
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5The Young Lovers
1961-10-14
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6The Boy Between
1961-10-21
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7The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms
1961-10-28
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8The Accident
1961-11-04
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9The Trial of Jenny Scott
1961-11-11
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10The Man with the Concrete Thumb
1961-11-18
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11The Treadmill
1961-11-25
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12Perjury
1961-12-02
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13The Attack
1961-12-09
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14The Prowler
1961-12-16
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15Gideon's Follies
1961-12-23
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16The Best Defense
1961-12-30
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17The Bedside Murder
1962-01-06
60m0.0es941707
18The Search
1962-01-20
60m0.0es941708
19Storm at Birch Glen
1962-01-27
60m0.0es941709
20The Point Shaver
1962-02-03
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21The Locked Room
1962-02-10
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22The Empty Chute
1962-02-17
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23The Crusader
1962-02-24
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24The Hickory Indian
1962-03-03
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25The Iron Man
1962-03-10
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26The Tarnished Cross
1962-03-17
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27The Last Six Months
1962-03-31
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28The Naked Heiress
1962-04-07
60m0.0es941718
29Reunion with Death
1962-04-21
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30The Benefactor
1962-04-28
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31Along Came a Spider
1962-05-05
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32The Broken Barrelhead
1962-05-26
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Season 234 episodes1962
1
The Voices of Death
1962-09-15
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2Blood Country
1962-09-22
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3The Indelible Silence
1962-09-29
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4The Seven Ghosts of Simon Gray
1962-10-06
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5The Unwanted
1962-10-13
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6Madman (1)
1962-10-20
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7Madman (2)
1962-10-27
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8The Bigamist
1962-11-03
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9The Avenger
1962-11-17
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10The Invisible Badge
1962-11-24
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11The Hidden Jungle
1962-12-01
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12The Savage Infant
1962-12-08
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13The Apostle
1962-12-15
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14Grandma TNT
1962-12-22
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15Don't Take the Stand
1962-12-29
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16Kill or Be Killed
1963-01-05
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17Man Against Himself
1963-01-12
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18The Poisoned Fruit Doctrine
1963-01-19
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19Poltergeist
1963-01-26
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20Ordeal
1963-02-02
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21The Hour Before Doomsday
1963-02-09
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22The Traitor
1963-02-16
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23The Eye of Fear
1963-02-23
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24Metamorphosis
1963-03-02
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25The Last Illusion
1963-03-09
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26The Heathen
1963-03-23
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27A Book for Burning
1963-03-30
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28A Taste of Vengeance
1963-04-06
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29The Colossus
1963-04-13
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30Judgment Eve
1963-04-20
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31The Noose
1963-04-27
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32Everybody Else is Dead
1963-05-11
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33The Trial of Twenty-Two
1963-05-18
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34The Brother Killers
1963-05-25
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Season 336 episodes1963
1
The Weeping Baboon
1963-09-28
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2The Empty Heart
1963-10-05
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3The Captive
1963-10-12
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4The Bagman
1963-10-19
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5Conspiracy of Silence
1963-10-26
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6The Cruel Hook
1963-11-02
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7Star-Spangled Ghetto
1963-11-09
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8Loophole
1963-11-16
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9The Seal of Confession
1963-11-30
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10Climate of Evil
1963-12-07
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11The Crowd Pleaser
1963-12-14
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12Old Lady Ironsides
1963-12-21
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13Fugue for Trumpet and Small Boy
1963-12-28
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14Claire Cheval Died in Boston
1963-11-23
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15The Last Day
1964-01-11
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16Blacklist
1964-01-18
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17Who'll Dig His Grave?
1964-01-25
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18All the Silent Voices
1964-02-01
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19The Secret
1964-02-08
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20The Pill Man
1964-02-22
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21Drink Like a Lady
1964-02-29
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22Survival
1964-03-14
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23Moment of Truth
1964-03-21
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24The Hidden Fury
1964-03-28
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25Die Laughing
1964-04-11
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26May Day! May Day!
1964-04-18
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27The Thief
1964-04-25
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28Yankee Go Home
1964-05-02
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29The Man Who Saved His Country
1964-05-09
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30Mind Over Murder
1964-05-16
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31The Sixth Alarm
1964-05-23
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32The Fine Line
1964-05-30
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33The Non-Violent
1964-06-06
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34Stowaway
1964-06-13
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35Hollow Triumph
1964-06-20
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36The Uncivil War
1964-06-27
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Season 430 episodes1964
1
The Seven Hundred-Year Old Gang (1)
1964-09-24
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2The Seven Hundred-Year Old Gang (2)
1964-10-01
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3Hero of the People
1964-10-08
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4Go-Between
1964-10-15
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5Conflict of Interests
1964-10-22
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6The Man Who . . .
1964-10-29
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7Turning Point
1964-11-05
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8A Taste of Ashes
1964-11-12
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9Comeback
1964-11-26
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10The Siege
1964-12-03
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11Whitewash
1964-12-10
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12A Voice Loud and Clear
1964-12-17
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13King of the Hill
1964-12-31
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14Whipping Boy
1965-01-07
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15Eyewitness
1965-01-14
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16The Silent Killers
1965-01-21
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17Death on Wheels
1965-01-28
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18The Unwritten Law
1965-02-04
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19The Objector
1965-02-11
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20Fires of the Mind
1965-02-18
60m0.0es941812
21No-Knock
1965-02-25
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22The Merry-Go-Round Murder
1965-03-04
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23Nobody Asks What Side You're On . . .
1965-03-11
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24Impeachment
1965-03-18
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25The Sworn Twelve
1965-03-25
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26A Matter of Law and Disorder
1965-04-08
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27Youths and Maidens on an Evening Walk
1965-04-15
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28The Prosecutor
1965-04-29
60m0.0es941820
29The Bum's Rush
1965-05-06
60m0.0es941821
30Only a Child
1965-05-13
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Added: 5/19/2026Updated: 6/3/2026