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The Defenders: Payback (1997)

ALL 10/12/1997 (en) Crime, Drama, TV Movie 96 Min
  • Release
    10/12/1997
  • Production
    Paramount Television, Showtime Networks
  • Rotten tomato
    35%
  • Original title
    The Defenders: Payback
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Television movie remake of the 1960s courtroom drama series, "The Defenders." After the death of his eldest son and his partner in the law firm of Preston and Preston, senior partner, Lawrence Preston enlists his granddaughter, M.J, a former prosecutor, and his other son Don, a law professor, to continue the work of ensuring that every individual accused of a crime is entitled to a proper defense. In this telefilm, a father murders the rapist of his young daughter after the man is released from prison and moves back to his old neighborhood. The Prestons take the case even though the father is unrepentent and unwilling to offer the attorneys any help in finding legally mitigating circumstances for his actions.

  1. Andy Wolk

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Casts

  1. Beau Bridges

    Don Preston

  2. E.G. Marshall

    Lawrence Preston

  3. Martha Plimpton

    M.J. Preston

  4. John Larroquette

    Michael Lane

  5. Roma Maffia

    Julie Bishop

  6. Mark Blum

    Jackson

  7. Rachael Leigh Cook

    Tracey Lane

  8. Clea DuVall

    Jessica Lane

  9. Yaphet Kotto

    Judge Williams

  10. Sean McCann

    John Broderick

  11. Daniel Kash

    Frankie Mirano

  12. Karen Robinson

    Mrs. Clarkson

  13. Tony Nappo

    Officer Perez

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 13 , Crews : 3

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The Defenders: Payback (1997) 96 Min

ALL 10/12/1997 (en)
Crime, Drama, TV Movie
  • Release 10/12/1997
  • Production
    Paramount Television, Showtime Networks
  • Original title The Defenders: Payback
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Television movie remake of the 1960s courtroom drama series, "The Defenders." After the death of his eldest son and his partner in the law firm of Preston and Preston, senior partner, Lawrence Preston enlists his granddaughter, M.J, a former prosecutor, and his other son Don, a law professor, to continue the work of ensuring that every individual accused of a crime is entitled to a proper defense. In this telefilm, a father murders the rapist of his young daughter after the man is released from prison and moves back to his old neighborhood. The Prestons take the case even though the father is unrepentent and unwilling to offer the attorneys any help in finding legally mitigating circumstances for his actions.

  1. Andy Wolk

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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