The Defenders: Taking the First

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The Defenders: Taking the First

Drama

TV Movie

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.

Date: 10/25/1998

Rating: 6.5

Cast: Beau Bridges, Martha Plimpton, Jeremy London, Jordan Bridges, Clifton Collins Jr., Philip Casnoff, Mimi Kuzyk, Camilla Scott, Diego Fuentes, Marilo Nunez, Nancy Palk, Lili Francks, Jeff Topping, Kristen Holden-Ried, Richard Fitzpatrick, Christopher Redman, Bernard Behrens, Donna Goodhand, Robert Bockstael, J. Winston Carroll, Sugith Varughese, J.J. Evans, Mauricio Rodas, Michael Ayoub, Deborah Pollitt, Bill Lake, Billy Oliver, Chris Wiggins

Beau Bridges