Overview
The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.
Cast
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lawyerpublic defender
Seasons
Season 126 episodes1954
1
The Case of the Parolee
1954-03-11
30m0.0es1178013
2The Unfit Mother
1954-03-18
30m0.0es1178014
3Lost Cause
1954-03-25
30m0.0es1178015
4The Forger
1954-04-01
30m0.0es1178016
5The Prize Fighter Story
1954-04-08
30m0.0es1178017
6The Clown
1954-04-15
30m0.0es1178018
7Behind Bars
1954-04-22
30m0.0es1178019
8Two Brothers
1954-04-29
30m0.0es1178020
9Badge of Honor
1954-05-06
30m0.0es1178021
10Let Justice Be Done
1954-05-13
30m0.0es1178022
11Pauper's Gold
1954-05-20
30m0.0es1178023
12The Stepchild
1954-05-27
30m0.0es1178024
13The Auto Accident
1954-06-03
30m0.0es1178025
14Confession of Guilt
1954-06-10
30m0.0es1178026
15The Hobo Story
1954-06-17
30m0.0es1178027
16Youth Crime Ring
1954-06-24
30m0.0es1178028
17Third Floor Rear
1954-07-01
30m0.0es1178029
18Out of the Past (aka Fifteen-Year Secret)
1954-07-05
30m0.0es1178030
19Call in the Night
1954-07-12
30m0.0es1178031
20The Escape
1954-07-19
30m0.0es1178032
21High Stakes
1954-07-26
30m0.0es1178033
22Lisa
1954-08-02
30m0.0es1178034
23Baby for Sale
1954-08-09
30m0.0es1178035
24Think No Evil
1954-08-16
30m0.0es1178036
25Little Egypt
1954-08-23
30m0.0es1178037
26The Last Appeal
1954-08-30
30m0.0es1178038
Season 243 episodes1954
1
Return of the Dead
1954-09-06
30m5.0es1178039
2Road to Nowhere
1954-09-13
30m0.0es1178040
3The Big Race
1954-09-20
30m0.0es1178041
4The Arsonist
1954-09-27
30m0.0es1178042
5Loyalty
1954-09-30
30m0.0es1178043
6The Do-Gooder
1954-10-07
30m0.0es1178044
7When Credit Is Due
1954-10-14
30m0.0es1178045
8Crash Out
1954-10-21
30m0.0es1178046
9Destiny
1954-10-28
30m0.0es1178047
10Hot Rod
1954-11-04
30m0.0es1178048
11Until Proven Guilty
1954-11-11
30m0.0es1178049
12The Hijacked Truck
1954-11-18
30m0.0es1178050
13Circumstanial Evidence
1954-11-25
30m0.0es1178051
14The Murder Photo
1954-12-02
30m0.0es1178052
15Open Season
1954-12-09
30m0.0es1178053
16Socrates
1954-12-16
30m0.0es1178054
17Moonshine
1954-12-23
30m0.0es1178055
18The Man Who Couldn't Remember
1954-12-30
30m0.0es1178056
19Another World
1955-01-06
30m0.0es1178057
20Deep Ditch
1955-01-13
30m0.0es1178058
21Gunpoint
1955-01-20
30m0.0es1178059
22Your Witness
1955-01-27
30m0.0es1178060
23The Director
1955-02-03
30m0.0es1178061
24Mama's Boy
1955-02-10
30m0.0es1178062
25The Big Steel
1955-02-17
30m0.0es1178063
26Jackpot
1955-02-24
30m0.0es1178064
27A Knowledge of Astronomy
1955-03-03
30m0.0es1178065
28The Hitchhiker
1955-03-10
30m0.0es1178066
29Brutality
1955-03-17
30m0.0es1178067
30Cornered
1955-03-24
30m8.0es1178068
31Time to Kill
1955-03-31
30m0.0es1178069
32The Sapphire Mink
1955-04-07
30m0.0es1178070
33The Stepfather
1955-04-14
30m0.0es1178071
34A Pair of Gloves
1955-04-21
30m0.0es1178072
35End of the Line
1955-04-28
30m0.0es1178073
36Clifford Pike
1955-05-05
30m0.0es1178074
37Eight Out of a Hundred
1955-05-12
30m0.0es1178075
38Condemned
1955-05-19
30m0.0es1178076
39Operation: CLEAT
1955-05-26
30m0.0es1178077
40Story of Nora Fulton
1955-06-02
30m0.0es1178078
41The Bad Ones
1955-06-09
30m0.0es1178079
42The Jockey and the Nun
1955-06-16
30m0.0es1178080
43Failure
1955-06-23
30m0.0es1178081
Added: 6/2/2026Updated: 6/4/2026