The Defenders: Taking the First
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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 Bridges
Don Preston
Known for
Messiah
Max Payne
Martha Plimpton
MJ Preston
Known for
The Goonies
Task
Andy Wolk
Reginald Rose
Jeremy London
Wyman James
Known for
Mallrats
Party of Five
Sy Fischer
Jordan Bridges
Known for
Rizzoli & Isles
Frequency
Peter Wolk
F.A. Miller
Clifton Collins Jr.
Nelson Rodriguez
Known for
Westworld
Pacific Rim
Randi Richmond
Philip Casnoff
John Walker
Known for
North and South
The Post
Andy Wolk Director · Peter Wolk Writer Mark Isham Composer
United States release October 25, 1998 · Produced in United States · Production Showtime Networks, Paramount Television Studios
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Paramount Television
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Showtime Networks
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Paramount Television Studios
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United States
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English
Release dates
United States · October 25, 1998
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Japan
September 24, 1999 · video premiere
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