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The Defenders: Payback

2.7 96 mins Crime   Drama   TV Movie   1997
Paramount Television   Showtime Networks  
Director(s): Andy Wolk

Release Date: 12 Sun, Oct 1997

Television movie remake of the 1960s courtroom drama series, "The Defenders." After the death of his eldest son and his partner in the law firm of Preston and Preston, senior partner, Lawrence Preston enlists his granddaughter, M.J, a former prosecutor, and his other son Don, a law professor, to continue the work of ensuring that every individual accused of a crime is entitled to a proper defense. In this telefilm, a father murders the rapist of his young daughter after the man is released from prison and moves back to his old neighborhood. The Prestons take the case even though the father is unrepentent and unwilling to offer the attorneys any help in finding legally mitigating circumstances for his actions.

Casts of The Defenders: Payback

Beau Bridges

as Don Preston

E.G. Marshall

as Lawrence Preston

Martha Plimpton

as M.J. Preston

John Larroquette

as Michael Lane

Roma Maffia

as Julie Bishop

Mark Blum

as Jackson

Rachael Leigh Cook

as Tracey Lane

Clea DuVall

as Jessica Lane

Yaphet Kotto

as Judge Williams

Sean McCann

as John Broderick

Daniel Kash

as Frankie Mirano

Karen Robinson

as Mrs. Clarkson

Tony Nappo

as Officer Perez

Mimi Kuzyk

as Camille Preston

Christopher Redman

as Steven Preston

Chloe Brown

as Kelly Preston

Nicholas Kilbertus

as Jack Bishop

Bradie Whetham

as Danny Bishop

Joe Pingue

as Mitchell

Kristin Fairlie

as Chris

Tyler Kyte

as Hockey Kid

David Blacker

as Construction Worker

Jack Duffy

as Mr. Sanders

Alan Mozes

as Schuman

Shawn Lawrence

as Judge Bach

Corinne Conley

as Judge Turner

Tony De Santis

as Mr. Kuhlman

Kyra Harper

as Ms. Reynolds

Kim Roberts

as Psych Receptionist

Robert McClure

as Bridge Man

Bob Zidel

as Court Clerk

Emily Fleming

as 8 Year-Old Jessie

Robert Young

as Bobby O'Neill

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