The Defenders: Choice of Evils

Jan 18, 1998

1h 35m

★ 3.4

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.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Paramount Television

Showtime Networks

The Defenders: Choice of Evils Trailers

Cast

Don Preston

Beau Bridges

Lawrence Preston

E.G. Marshall

Mary Jane Preston

Martha Plimpton

D.A. Al Orsini

Jon Polito

Jeanne Baptiste

LisaGay Hamilton

Camille Preston

Mimi Kuzyk

Jack Casey

James McDaniel

David Hemblen

Sarah Casey

Melanie Nicholls-King

Christopher Redman

Steven Preston

Christopher Redmond

Brian Clarke

Oliver Becker

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