The Defenders: Taking the First

Directed by Andy Wolk
R
October 25, 1998    1h 36mDrama, TV Movie
6.14.7
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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  • Beau BridgesDon Preston / Executive Producer
  • Martha PlimptonMJ Preston
  • Jeremy LondonWyman James
  • Jordan Bridges
  • Clifton Collins Jr.Nelson Rodriguez
  • Philip CasnoffJohn Walker
  • Mimi KuzykCamille Preston
  • Camilla ScottLiz Carter
  • Diego FuentesBayo Rodriguez
  • Marilo NunezRosalie Rodriguez
  • Nancy PalkJudge Lacey
  • Lili FrancksAlice Rawls
  • Jeff ToppingRossi
  • Kristen Holden-RiedMcCann
  • Richard FitzpatrickJones
  • Christopher RedmondSteven Preston
  • Bernard BehrensMilton Lewis
  • Donna GoodhandJury Foreman
  • Robert BockstaelKarl Munro
  • J. Winston CarrollJudge Karma

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