The Defenders: Taking the First (1998)
1h 36m
Running Time
October 25, 1998Release Date
The Defenders: Taking the First (1998)
1h 36m
Running Time
October 25, 1998Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Beau Bridges
Don Preston
Martha Plimpton
M.J. Preston
Jeremy London
Wyman James
Jordan Bridges
Actor
Clifton Collins Jr.
Nelson Rodriguez
Andy Wolk
Director
Philip Casnoff
John Walker
Mimi Kuzyk
Camille Preston
Reginald Rose
Writer
Camilla Scott
Liz Carter
Peter Wolk
Writer
Peter Wolk
Writer
Diego Fuentes
Bayo Rodriguez
Marilo Nunez
Rosalie Rodriguez
Mark Isham
Composer
Nancy Palk
Judge Lacey
Lili Francks
Alice Rawls
Jeff Topping
Rossi
Kristen Holden-Ried
McCann
Richard Fitzpatrick
Jones
Christopher Redman
Steven Preston
Bernard Behrens
Milton Lewis
Donna Goodhand
Jury Foreman
Robert Bockstael
Karl Munro
Details.
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