The Defenders - Season 1 - Eps 1: Quality of Mercy
Dr. Bill Conrad's patient, Leona Warner, delivers a baby with Down Syndrome.
About The Defenders

Title: The Defenders
First Air Date: 1961-09-16
Last Air Date: 1965-05-13
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.2/10 (from 9 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 4
Total Episodes: 132
Network: CBS
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Plautus Productions, CBS
Synopsis
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
Cast

E.G. Marshall
Lawrence Preston

Robert Reed
Kenneth Preston