The Defenders: Choice of Evils

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The Defenders: Choice of Evils

1998

1h 35m

4.5(6 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

The Defenders are a crack team of lawyers dedicated to one principle - the accused is innocent untill proven guilty. This time, they defend a man wrongly convicted of murder.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Beau Bridges

Don Preston

E.G. Marshall

Lawrence Preston

Martha Plimpton

Mary Jane Preston

Jon Polito

D.A. Al Orsini

LisaGay Hamilton

Jeanne Baptiste

Mimi Kuzyk

Camille Preston

James McDaniel

Jack Casey

David Hemblen

Melanie Nicholls-King

Sarah Casey

Christopher Redman

Creative team

Directed by: Andy Wolk
Written by: Larry Cohen
Produced by: Sy Fischer

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