The Defenders: Taking the First
Overview
A racist provokes four teens into beating a Latino youth to death after one of his fiery speeches on a college campus. The Prestons are first called upon to defend one of the youths who gives testimony against the other three. Then, in a turnaround, the family of the murdered boy hires the Prestons to try to get a conviction against the racist.
- Production
- Paramount Television, Showtime Networks
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Cast
Beau Bridges
Don Preston
Martha Plimpton
MJ Preston
Jeremy London
Wyman James
Jordan Bridges
Clifton Collins Jr.
Nelson Rodriguez
Philip Casnoff
John Walker
Mimi Kuzyk
Camille Preston
Diego Fuentes
Bayo Rodriguez
Nancy Palk
Judge Lacey
Kristen Holden-Ried
McCann
Richard Fitzpatrick
Jones
Christopher Redman
Steven Preston
Bernard Behrens
Milton Lewis
Donna Goodhand
Jury Foreman
Robert Bockstael
Karl Munro
Sugith Varughese
Dr. Carter
Michael Ayoub
Mayor
Bill Lake
Prison Guard
Chris Wiggins
Crew
- Director
- Andy Wolk
- Writers
- Andy Wolk,Peter Wolk
- Producers
- Stan Rogow,Beau Bridges
- Cinematography
- John Newby
- Composer
- Mark Isham
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