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The Defenders: Taking the First

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Calorie Rating: 135
Released: 1998-10-25
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Studios: Paramount Television Studios, Showtime Networks,


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.

Director / Directors

Andy Wolk
Director


Cast

Beau Bridges
Character: Don Preston
Martha Plimpton
Character: MJ Preston
Jeremy London
Character: Wyman James

Clifton Collins Jr.
Character: Nelson Rodriguez
Philip Casnoff
Character: John Walker

Mimi Kuzyk
Character: Camille Preston
Camilla Scott
Character: Liz Carter
Diego Fuentes
Character: Bayo Rodriguez

Marilo Nunez
Character: Rosalie Rodriguez
Nancy Palk
Character: Judge Lacey
Lili Francks
Character: Alice Rawls

Jeff Topping
Character: Rossi
Kristen Holden-Ried
Character: McCann
Richard Fitzpatrick
Character: Jones

Christopher Redman
Character: Steven Preston
Bernard Behrens
Character: Milton Lewis
Donna Goodhand
Character: Jury Foreman

Robert Bockstael
Character: Karl Munro
J. Winston Carroll
Character: Judge Karma
Sugith Varughese
Character: Dr. Carter

J.J. Evans
Character: Cooker
Mauricio Rodas
Character: Ruben
Michael Ayoub
Character: Mayor

Deborah Pollitt
Character: Rally Woman
Bill Lake
Character: Prison Guard
Billy Oliver
Character: Campus Cop



Production and Crew

Beau Bridges
Executive Producer

Stan Rogow
Executive Producer
John Newby
Director of Photography