Public Defender

📊 Series Specifications

Network CBS
Episode Runtime ~30 min
Total Seasons 2
Total Episodes 69
Original Language EN
Creator Mort R. Lewis, Sam Shayon

Public Defender (1954)

Created by Mort R. Lewis , Sam Shayon
⭐ 3.1 / 5 (4 votes) 🎬 2 Seasons 📼 69 Episodes 🏷️ Drama 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

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.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 The Case of the Parolee
E2 The Unfit Mother
E3 Lost Cause
E4 The Forger
E5 The Prize Fighter Story
E6 The Clown
E7 Behind Bars
E8 Two Brothers
E9 Badge of Honor
E10 Let Justice Be Done
E11 Pauper's Gold
E12 The Stepchild
E13 The Auto Accident
E14 Confession of Guilt

A woman confesses to shooting her ex-husband and is to stand trial for murder. Her boyfriend tells the public defender what really happened.

E15 The Hobo Story
E16 Youth Crime Ring
E17 Third Floor Rear
E18 Out of the Past (aka Fifteen-Year Secret)
E19 Call in the Night
E20 The Escape
E21 High Stakes
E22 Lisa
E23 Baby for Sale
E24 Think No Evil

A young man is arrested for robbery but claims he's innocent. The public defender's office goes to Las Vegas, where the man claims he was, to check up on his story. They find some disturbing news.

E25 Little Egypt
E26 The Last Appeal
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