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    The Defenders: Taking the First

    TV-141998 · Drama · 1h 36m

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  1. Oct 25, 1998 · With Beau Bridges, Martha Plimpton, Jeremy London, Jordan Bridges. John Walker is white supremacist. Now after hearing his speech, four boys go out and kill a young Hispanic. The Prestons are hired to defend one of them, who is the grandson of an old friend of the Prestons.

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    • Drama
    • Andy Wolk
    • 1998-10-25
  2. Lawyers (Beau Bridges, Martha Plimpton) encounter four hate-crime suspects who turn on each other to cut a deal with the prosecutor.

    • Andy Wolk
    • Drama
    • Beau Bridges
  3. Brief Synopsis. Follows the courtcase of a young man who has been beaten to death by members of a reactionary organization rallying against minorities. Although lawyers Don and M.J, Preston are morally opposed to the brutality of the case, they find themselves acting as counsel for one of the defendants who has been charged with murder.

    • Andy Wolk
    • Beau Bridges
  4. Oct 25, 1998 · Overview. 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 ...

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  6. Don Preston. Martha Plimpton. M.J. Preston. Philip Casnoff. John Walker. See Full Cast & Crew. Latest News See All. Find out how to watch The Defenders: Taking the First. Stream The...

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