The Defenders: Taking the First (1998)

ALL 10/25/1998 (en) Drama, TV Movie 96 Min
  • Release
    10/25/1998
  • Production
    Paramount Television, Showtime Networks
  • Rotten tomato
    65%
  • Original title
    The Defenders: Taking the First
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Andy Wolk

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Producer



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Casts

  1. Beau Bridges

    Don Preston

  2. Martha Plimpton

    MJ Preston

  3. Jeremy London

    Wyman James

  4. Jordan Bridges

  5. Clifton Collins Jr.

    Nelson Rodriguez

  6. Philip Casnoff

    John Walker

  7. Mimi Kuzyk

    Camille Preston

  8. Camilla Scott

    Liz Carter

  9. Diego Fuentes

    Bayo Rodriguez

  10. Marilo Nunez

    Rosalie Rodriguez

  11. Nancy Palk

    Judge Lacey

  12. Lili Francks

    Alice Rawls

  13. Jeff Topping

    Rossi

  14. Kristen Holden-Ried

    McCann

  15. Richard Fitzpatrick

    Jones

  16. Christopher Redman

    Steven Preston

  17. Bernard Behrens

    Milton Lewis

  18. Donna Goodhand

    Jury Foreman

  19. Robert Bockstael

    Karl Munro

  20. J. Winston Carroll

    Judge Karma

  21. Sugith Varughese

    Dr. Carter

  22. J.J. Evans

    Cooker

  23. Mauricio Rodas

    Ruben

  24. Michael Ayoub

    Mayor

  25. Deborah Pollitt

    Rally Woman

  26. Bill Lake

    Prison Guard

  27. Billy Oliver

    Campus Cop

  28. Chris Wiggins

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 28 , Crews : 9

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The Defenders: Taking the First (1998) 96 Min

ALL 10/25/1998 (en)
Drama, TV Movie
  • Release 10/25/1998
  • Production
    Paramount Television, Showtime Networks
  • Original title The Defenders: Taking the First
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Andy Wolk

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Lauren A. Schaffer

    Editor

  4. Producer