The Defenders: Taking the First
1 hour 36 minutes1998-10-25
6.5
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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.
Cast
Beau Bridges
Don Preston
Martha Plimpton
MJ Preston
Jeremy London
Wyman James
Jordan Bridges
Clifton Collins Jr.
Nelson Rodriguez
Philip Casnoff
John Walker
Mimi Kuzyk
Camille Preston
Camilla Scott
Liz Carter
Diego Fuentes
Bayo Rodriguez
Marilo Nunez
Rosalie Rodriguez
Nancy Palk
Judge Lacey
Lili Francks
Alice Rawls
Jeff Topping
Rossi
Kristen Holden-Ried
McCann
Richard Fitzpatrick
Jones
Christopher Redman
Steven Preston
Bernard Behrens
Milton Lewis
Donna Goodhand
Jury Foreman
Robert Bockstael
Karl Munro
J. Winston Carroll
Judge Karma
Sugith Varughese
Dr. Carter
J.J. Evans
Cooker
Mauricio Rodas
Ruben
Michael Ayoub
Mayor
Deborah Pollitt
Rally Woman
Bill Lake
Prison Guard
Billy Oliver
Campus Cop
