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Public Defender

  • 1954 – 1955
  • Ended
  • Drama
  • ~30m / ep
  • 2 seasons
  • 6.3/10

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.

Latest: Season 2 · 1954

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  1. E1. Return of the Dead

    Sep 6, 1954 · 30m

  2. E2. Road to Nowhere

    Sep 13, 1954 · 30m

  3. E3. The Big Race

    Sep 20, 1954 · 30m

  4. E4. The Arsonist

    Sep 27, 1954 · 30m

    A disturbed teen-aged boy begins setting fires in the neighborhood following an altercation with his father.

  5. E5. Loyalty

    Sep 30, 1954 · 30m

    Matthews takes the case of a cop killer who is depending on his little brother's false testimony to get him off. When the killer thinks Matthews is getting to friendly with his little brother, he fires Matthews.

  6. E6. The Do-Gooder

    Oct 7, 1954 · 30m

    A man is in hospital after wrecking a car with an escaped fugitive, killing the fugitive. The man is in trouble for harboring the fugitive but he refuses to speak to Matthews, his Public Defender. Matthews quickly deduces that the man doesn't want to be linked to his father who is a prominent judge.

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