Title: “The Defenders” Films
Inclusive Dates: 1961-1965

Call Number: see list below

Quantity: 260 film reels

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
Contact Information

Archival Location:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:

One hundred thirty-two episodes of The Defenders, a drama series about a father-and-son legal defense team. The series ran from 1961 to 1965 on CBS and regularly concerned controversial issues such as blacklisting, abortion, euthanasia and civil defense. The Archives holds a complete run of all episodes in the series. The series executive producer was Herbert Brodkin, the producer was Robert Markell, and regular cast members included E. G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Polly Rowles, Helen Donaldson, Joan Hackett. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound.

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-defenders

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Acquisition Information

Placed on deposit by Reginald Rose in 1969 as part of the Reginald Rose Papers. Accession Number: MCHC69-060

Use Restrictions

No duplication or public screening without consent of copyright holder.

DC 195-196	THE QUALITY OF MERCY, 16 September 1961 Note: Director: Buzz Kulik Script: Reginald Rose Cast: Jack Klugman, Joan Hackett
DC 133-134	KILLER INSTINCT, 23 September 1961 Note: Director: Franklin Schaffner Script: John Vlahos Cast: William Shatner
DC 067-068	DEATH ACROSS THE COUNTER, 30 September 1961 Note: Director: Buzz Kulik Script: Reginald Rose Cast: Harry Tacones
DC 199-200	THE RIOT, 7 October 1961 Note: Director: Buzz Kulik Script: Max Ehrlich Cast: Ossie Davis, Henderson Forsythe
DC 267-268	THE YOUNG LOVERS, 14 October 1961 Note: Director: Buzz Kulik Script: John Vlahos Cast: Lynn Loring
DC 041-042	THE BOY BETWEEN, 21 October 1961 Note: Director: Franklin Schaffner Script: Robert Thom Cast: Arthur Hill, Ilka Chase
DC 119-120	THE HUNDRED LIVES OF HARRY SIMMS, 28 October 1961 Note: Director: John Brahm Script: Alvin Boretz Cast: Frank Gorshin
DC 013-014	THE ACCIDENT, 4 November 1961 Note: Director: Buzz Kulik Script: Reginald Rose Cast: Frank Campanella
DC 241-242	THE TRIAL OF JENNY SCOTT, 11 November 1961 Note: Director: Buzz Kulik Script: Reginald Rose Cast: Pat Hingle, Mary Fickett
DC 153-154	THE MAN WITH THE CONCRETE THUMB, 18 November 1961 Note: Director: Ralph Nelson Script: Ernest Kinoy Cast: Loring Smith, Joan Hackett
DC 239-240	THE TREADMILL, 25 November 1961 Note: Director: Don Richardson Script: Peter Stone, James Yaffe Cast: Edward Binns
DC 181-182	PERJURY, 2 December 1961 Note: Director: Boris Sagal Script: Adrian Spies Cast: Robert Duval, Janet Ward
DC 021-022	THE ATTACK, 9 December 1961 Note: Director: Franklin Schaffner Script: John Block Cast: Barbara Barrie, Martin Sheen
DC 193-194	THE PROWLER, 16 December 1961 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: David Shaw Cast: Elizabeth Ashley
DC 099-100	GIDEON'S FOLLIES, 23 December 1961 Note: Director: Franklin Schaffner Script: Robert Crean Cast: Julie Newmar, Gloria de Haven, Eva Gabor
DC 031-032	THE BEST DEFENSE, 30 December 1961 Note: Director: Paul Stanley Script: Ernest Kinoy Cast: Martin Balsam, Walter Greaza
DC 027-028	THE BEDSIDE MURDER, 6 January 1962 Note: Director: Fielder Cook Script: Max Ehrlich Cast: Sam Jaffe, Barry Morse
DC 205-206	THE SEARCH, 20 January 1962 Note: Director: John Brahm Script: Reginald Rose Cast: Jack Klugman
DC 221-222	STORM AT BIRCH GLEN, 27 January 1962 Note: Director: John Brahm Script: Jerome Ross Cast: James Broderick, Dolores Sutton
DC 185-186	THE POINT SHAVER, 3 Febuary 1962 Note: Director: Buzz Kulik Brahm Script: Mann Rubin Brahm Cast: Paul Prokop
DC 143-144	THE LOCKED ROOM, 10 Febuary 1962 Note: Director: David Greene Script: Ernest Kinoy Cast: Viveca Lindfors, Zachary Scott
DC 079-080	THE EMPTY CHUTE, 17 Febuary 1962 Note: Director: Jack Smight Script: Max Ehrlich Cast: Chester Morris
DC 065-066	THE CRUSADER, 25 Febuary 1962 Note: Director: Daniel Petrie Script: Jerome Ross Cast: Warren Stevens
DC 109-110	THE HICKORY INDIAN, 3 March 1962 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: David Karp Cast: Larry Gates
DC 127-128	THE IRON MAN, 10 March 1962 Note: Director: Buzz Kulik Script: Albert Sanders (David Davidson) Cast: Ben Piazza
DC 229-230	THE TARNISHED CROSS, 17 March 1962 Note: Director: Franklin Schaffner Script: Reginald Rose Cast: Martin Sheen
DC 139-140	THE LAST SIX MONTHS, 31 March 1962 Note: Director: David Greene Script: Max Ehrlich Cast: Arthur Hill
DC 163-164	THE NAKED HEIRESS, 7 April 1962 Note: Director: Jack Smight Script: Alvin Boretz Cast: Salome Jens, Conrad Nagel
DC 197-198	REUNION WITH DEATH, 21 April 1962 Note: Director: Franklin Schaffner Script: David Shaw Cast: H. M. Wynant
DC 029-030	THE BENEFACTOR, 28 April 1962 Note: Director: Daniel Petrie Script: Peter Stone Cast: Kathleen Widdoes, Dee Hartford
DC 017-018	ALONG CAME A SPIDER, 5 May 1962 Note: Director: Elliot Silverstein Script: Peter Stone Cast: James Earl Jones, Kathleen Maguire
DC 043-044	THE BROKEN BARRELBEAD, 26 May 1962 Note: Director: David Greene Script: David Karp Cast: Harold J. Stone
DC 255-256	THE VOICES OF DEATH, 15 September 1962 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: Reginald Rose Cast: Ruth Roman, Dustin Hoffman
DC 037-038	BLOOD COUNTY, 22 September 1962 Note: Director: Buzz Kulik Script: Ernest Kinoy Cast: Thomas Chalmers, James J. Broderick, Henry Jones
DC 123-124	THE INDELIBLE SILENCE, 29 September 1962 Note: Director: Don Richardson Script: Charles Garment Cast: Dennis Hopper, Sheppard Strudwick, Frank Campanella
DC 209-210	SEVEN GHOSTS OF SIMON GRAY, 6 October 1962 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: Stanley R, Greenberg Cast: Ed Begley, James Dimitri
DC 249-250	THE UNWANTED, 13 October 1962 Note: Director: Alex March Script: Robert Thom Cast: Diana Hyland
FA 001	THE MADMAN, PART I, 20 October 1962 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: Robert Thom Cast: Don Gordon, Sylvia Sidney
FA 002	THE MADMAN, PART II, 27 October 1962 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: Robert Thom Cast: Don Gordon, Sylvia Sidney
DC 033-034	THE BIGAMIST, 3 November 1962 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: David Karp Cast: Felicia Farr, David Evers
DC 023-024	THE AVENGER, 17 November 1962 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: James Lee Cast: Irene Dailey
DC 125-126	THE INVISIBLE BADGE, 24 November 1962 Note: Director: John Newland Script: William Woolfolk From a story by Eleazor Lipsky Cast: William Shatner, James Rafferty
DC 113-114	THE HIDDEN JUNGLE, 1 December 1962 Note: Director: Dennis Sanders Script: Stanley R. Greenberg Cast: Frank Overton
DC 201-202	THE SAVAGE INFANT, 8 December 1962 Note: Director: Don Richardson Script: David Karp Cast: Juano Hernandez
DC 019-020	THE APOSTLE, 15 December 1962 Note: Director: Charles Dubin Script: Stanley R. Greenberg Cast: John Kerr, Alan Arkin
DC 103-104	GRANDMA TNT, 22 December 1962 Note: Director: Elliott Silverstein Script: David Karp Cast: Lillian Gish, Enid Markey, Elisabeth Fraser
DC 071-072	DEATH TAKES THE STAND, 29 December 1962 Note: Director: Ted Post Script: David Davidson Cast: Jeremy Slate, Milt Kamen
DC 131-132	KILL OR BE KILLED, 5 January 1963 Note: Director: Sydney Pollack Script: Larry Cohen Cast: Gerald O'Laughlin
DC 147-148	A MAN AGAINST HIMSELF, 12 January 1963 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: Raphael Hayes Cast: Ivan Dixon, Mark Connelly, James Pritchett
DC 187-188	THE POISONED FRUIT DOCTRINE, 19 January 1963 Note: Director: Shepard Traube Script: A. J. Russell Cast: Donald Harron
DC 189-190	THE POLTERGEIST, 26 January 1963 Note: Director: David Greene Script: Reginald Rose Cast: Patrick O'Neal, Mary Astor
DC 179-180	ORDEAL, 2 February 1963 Note: Director: Alex March Script: David Shaw Cast: Robert Webber
DC 117-118	THE HOUR BEFORE DOOMSDAY, 9 February 1963 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: William Woolfolk Cast: John Callum, Kevin McCarthy, Alan Hewitt, Carl Low
DC 237-238	THE TRAITOR, 16 February 1963 Note: Director: David Greene Script: Larry Cohen Cast: Fritz Weaver, Tom Clancey, James Beard
DC 085-086	THE EYE OF FEAR, 23 February 1963 Note: Director: Paul Stewart Script: Stanley R. Greenberg Cast: Robert Loggia, John McGovern
DC 157-158	METAMORPHOSIS, 2 March 1963 Note: Director: David Greene Script: Stanley R. Greenberg Cast: Robert Duvall, Estelle Parsons, Ossie Davis
DC 137-138	THE LAST ILLUSION, 9 March 1963 Note: Director: David Greene Script: William Woolfolk Cast: Betsy von Furstenberg, Hugh Webster
DC 105-106	THE HEATHEN, 23 March 1963 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: Ernest Kinoy Cast: Gerald Hiken, Larry Gates
DC 039-040	A BOOK FOR BURNING, 30 March 1963 Note: Director: David Greene Script: William Woolfolk Cast: Sam Wanamaker, Dorothy Blackburn
DC 233-234	THE TASTE OF VENGEANCE, 6 April 1963 Note: Director: Don Richardson Script: A. J. Russell Cast: Edward Binns, Henderson Forsythe, Godfrey Cambridge
DC 053-054	THE COLOSSUS, 13 April 1963 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: Larry Cohen Cast: Leo Glenn, Jon Voight
DC 129-130	JUDGMENT EVE, 20 April 1963 Note: Director: David Greene Script: Reginald Rose Cast: Joe de Santis
DC 045-046	THE BROTHER KILLERS, 27 April 1963 Note: Director: Don Richardson Script: David Karp Cast: Peter Fonda, Jon Voight, Robert Earl Jones, Ken Kercheval, Conrad Nagel
DC 171-172	THE NOOSE, 11 May 1963 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: Larry Cohen Cast: Bruce Gordon, Roy Poole
DC 243-244	THE TRIAL OF TWENTY-TWO, 18 May 1963 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: Stanley R. Greenberg Cast: Akim Tamiroff, Lilia Skala
DC 083-084	EVERYBODY ELSE IS DEAD, 25 May 1963 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: James Lee Cast: Geraldine Brooks, Darren McGavin
DC 257-258	THE WEEPING BABOON, 28 September 1963 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: Reginald Rose Cast: Dennis Hopper, Frank Campanella
DC 081-082	THE EMPTY HEART, 5 October 1963 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: Stanley R. Greenberg Cast: Lee Grant, Sidney Blackmer
DC 049-050	THE CAPTIVE, 12 October 1963 Note: Director: Charles Dubin Script: Larry Cohen Cast: Andrew Duggan
DC 025-026	THE BAGMAN, 19 October 1963 Note: Director: Robert Butler Script: Roger H. Lewis Cast: Howard da Silva, Chester Morris
DC 059-060	CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE, 26 October 1963 Note: Director: Alex March Script: Roger H. Lewis Cast: Carroll O'Conner
DC 063-064	THE CRUEL HOOK, 2 November 1963 Note: Director: Elliott Silverstein Script: Andrea Russo (A. J. Russell) Cast: William Shatner
DC 219-220	THE STAR SPANGLED GHETTO, 9 November 1963 Note: Director: Alex March Script: Reginald Rose Cast: Kathleen Widdoes, Ossie Davis
DC 145-146	LOOPHOLE, 16 November 1963 Note: Director: Herbert Hirshman Script: A. E. Hotchner Cast: Harold J. Stone, Kathleen Maguire
DC 203-204	SEAL OF CONFESSION, 30 November 1963 Note: Director: Alex March Script: Ian McLellan Hunter Cast: Robert Webber
DC 097-098	THE GENTLE ASSASSIN, 7 December 1963 Note: Director: Paul Stanley Script: David Karp Cast: Dean Stockwell
DC 061-062	THE CROWD PLEASER, 14 December 1963 Note: Director: Don Richardson Script: Charles Garment Cast: Lou Antonio
DC 175-176	OLD LADY IRONSIDES, 21 December 1963 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: Robert Van Scoyk Cast: Aline MacMahon
DC 095-096	FUGUE FOR TRUMPET AND SMALL BOY, 28 December 19631963 Note: Director: James Sheldon Script: David Rintels Cast: Peter Lazer, Joyce von Patten
DC 051-052	CLAIRE CHEVAL DIED IN BOSTON, 4 January 1964 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: Ernest Kinoy Cast: Herschel Bernardi
DC 073-074	DEATH WATCH, 11 January 1964 Note: Director: Charles Dubin Script: Allan Chase Cast: Ralph Meeker, Richard Kiley
DC 035-036	THE BLACKLIST, 18 January 1964 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: Ernest Kinoy Cast: Jack Klugman
DC 263-264	WHO'LL DIG HIS GRAVE? , 25 January 1964 Note: Director: Charles Dubin Script: William Woolfolk Cast: Mike Kellin, Barry Morse, Estelle Parsons
DC 015-016	ALL THE SILENT VOICES, 1 February 1964 Note: Director: Gerald Mayer Script: William Woolfolk Cast: Eileen Heckart
DC 207-208	THE SECRET, 8 February 1964 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: Larry Cohen Cast: Martin Landau
DC 183-184	THE PILL MAN, 22 February 1964 Note: Director: Leonard Horn Script: Charles Garment Cast: Theresa Wright, Edward Binns
DC 077-078	DRINK LIKE A LADY, 29 February 1964 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: Ellen M. Violett Cast: Janice Rule, Murray Hamilton
DC 225-226	SURVIVAL, 13 March 1964 Note: Director: Tom Cries Script: William Woolfolk Cast: Leslie Nielson
DC 161-162	MOMENT OF TRUTH, 21 March 1964 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: David Karp Cast: Jack Gilford, Anne Jackson, Norman Fell
DC 111-112	THE HIDDEN FURY, 28 March 1964 Note: Director: Alexander MacKendrick Script: George Baxt Cast: Joseph Anthony, Susan Oliver
DC 075-076	DIE LAUGHING, 11 April 1964 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: Roger H. Lewis Cast: Milton Berle, Jan Murray, Lynn Loring
DC 089-090	FADE AWAY (MAYDAY! MAYDAY!), 18 April 1964 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: Larry Cohen Cast: Torin Thatcher
DC 235-236	THE THIEF, 25 April 1964 Note: Director: David Greene Script: Robert Crean Cast: Glynis Johns
DC 265-266	YANKEE COME HOME, 2 May 1964 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: Albert Ruben Cast: Richard Kiley
DC 151-152	THE MAN WHO SAVED HIS COUNTRY, 9 May 1964 Note: Director: Elliott Silverstein Script: Albert Ruben Cast: James Coburn, Mildred Dunnock
DC 159-160	MIND OVER MURDER, 16 May 1964 Note: Director: Leonard Horn Script: Roger H. Lewis Cast: Emlyn Williams, Ossie Davis
DC 217-218	THE SIXTH ALARM, 23 May 1964 Note: Director: Lamont Johnson Script: William Woolfolk Cast: Herschel Bernardi, Frank Campanella
DC 091-092	THE FINE LINE, 30 May 1964 Note: Director: Buzz Kulik Script: Harold Gast Cast: Martin Balsam, Jessica Walter
DC 169-170	THE NON-VIOLENT, 6 June 1964 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: Ernest Kinoy Cast: James Earl Jones, Ivan Dixon, James Dimitri
DC 223-224	STOWAWAY, 13 June 1964 Note: Director: Vincent Donahue Script: Edward DeBlasio Cast: Lillian Gish, Paul Bertoya
DC 115-116	HOLLOW TRIUMPH, 20 June 1964 Note: Director: Paul Sylbert Script: Howard Fast Cast: Sam Wanamaker
DC 247-248	THE UNCIVIL WAR, 27 June 1964 Note: Director: David Greene Script: Roger H. Lewis Cast: William Shatner, Ina Balin
FA 003	THE 700-YEAR OLD GANG, PART I, 24 September 1964 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: David Karp Cast: Jack Gilford, Barbara Barrie, Tom Poston, Martin Balsam
FA 004	THE 700-YEAR OLD GANG, PART II, 1 October 1964 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: David Karp Cast: Jack Gilford, Barbara Barrie, Tom Poston, Martin Balsam
DC 107-108	HERO OF THE PEOPLE, 8 October 1964 Note: Director: Philip Leacock Script: William Woolfolk Cast: Edward Asner, Ann Wedgeworth
DC 101-102	GO-BETWEEN, 15 October 1964 Note: Director: Paul Sylbert Script: Larry Cohen Cast: Arthur Hill, Phyllis Thaxter
DC 057-058	CONFLICT OF INTERESTS, 22 October 1964 Note: Director: Philip Leacock Script: Ellen M. Violett Cast: Cloris Leachman, Rosemary Forsyth
DC 149-150	THE MAN WHO, 29 October 1964 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: Ernest Kinoy Cast: Patrick O'Neal, Mercedes McCambridge
DC 245-246	THE TURNING POINT, 5 November 1964 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: James Lee Cast: Margot Bennett, Martin Sheen, Ossie Davis
DC 231-232	A TASTE OF ASHES, 12 November 1964 Note: Director: David Greene Script: David Rintels Cast: Darren McGavin, Martin Sheen, Sam Wanamaker
DC 055-056	COMEBACK, 26 November 1964 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: Edward DeBlasio Cast: Viveca Lindfors, Walter Greaza
DC 213-214	THE SEIGE, 3 December 1964 Note: Director: Stuart Rosenberg Script: Robert Goldman, Ian McLellan Hunter Cast: Robert Redford, Jennifer West
DC 261-262	WHITEWASH, 10 December 1964 Note: Director: Daniel Petrie Script: Roger H. Lewis Cast: Ricardo Montalban, Michael Gazzo, Henderson Forsythe
DC 253-254	A VOICE LOUD AND CLEAR, 24 December 1964 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: Robert Crean Cast: Shirley Knight, Geraldine Fitzgerald
DC 135-136	KING OF THE HILL, 31 December 1964 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: Robert Crean Cast: Albert Dekker
DC 259-260	WHIPPING BOY, 7 January 1965 Note: Director: William Ball Script: Edward DeBlasio Cast: William Shatner, Madlyn Rhue
DC 087-088	EYEWITNESS, 14 January 1965 Note: Director: Sam Wanamaker Script: David Karp Cast: Robert Walker, Rosemary Murphy
DC 215-216	SILENT KILLER, 21 January 1965 Note: Director: Daniel Petrie Script: William Woolfolk Based on a story by Donald Mankiewicz Cast: Norma Crane, Dane Clark
DC 069-070	DEATH ON WHEELS, 28 January 1965 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: George Bellak Cast: Nancy Wickwire, Leslie Nielson, James Dimitri
DC 251-252	THE UNWRITTEN LAW, 4 February 1965 Note: Director: Robert Stevens Script: Larry Cohen Cast: Kim Hunter, Jessica Walter
DC 173-174	THE OBJECTOR, 11 February 1965 Note: Director: Leonard Horn Script: Harold Gast Cast: Brandon de Wilde, Jack Albertson
DC 093-094	FIRES OF THE MIND, 18 February 1965 Note: Director: David Greene Script: Joel Carpenter Cast: Donald Pleasance, Ossie Davis
DC 167-168	NO-KNOCK, 25 February 1965 Note: Director: Daniel Petrie Script: Peter Achilles Cast: Jack Gilford, Carol Rossen
DC 155-156	MERRY-GO-ROUND MENDER, 4 March 1965 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: Robert Crean Cast: Ruth White, Bethel Leslie
DC 165-166	NOBODY ASKS WHAT SIDE YOU'RE ON, 11 March 1965 Note: Director: David Pressman Script: Ellen M. Violett Cast: Lee Grant, Ossie Davis
DC 121-122	IMPEACHMENT, 18 March 1965 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: Stanley R. Greenberg Cast: Alexis Smith, Dan O'Herlihy
DC 227-228	THE SWORN TWELVE, 25 March 1965 Note: Director: Michael Powell Script: Edward DeBlasio Cast: Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee
DC 141-142	LAW AND DISORDER, 8 April 1965 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: Roger H. Lewis Cast: Pat Hingle, Mary Fickett, Dustin Hoffman
DC 269-270	YOUTHS AND MAIDENS ON AN EVENING WALK, 15 April 1965 Note: Director: William Ball Script: Robert Crean Cast: Joan Darling
DC 191-192	THE PROSECUTOR, 29 April 1965 Note: Director: Paul Bogart Script: David Shaw Cast: Teresa Wright, Larry Blyden
DC 047-048	THE BUM'S RUSH, 6 May 1965 Note: Director: Sidney Katz Script: Alvin Boretz Cast: Tom Bosley, Terry Carter
DC 177-178	ONLY A CHILD, 13 May 1965 Note: Director: Robert Stevens Script: Ellen M. Violett Cast: Robert Duvall