The Defenders: Payback

1997
The Defenders: Payback
5.6| 1h36m| en| Drama, Crime
Storyline

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.

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  • The Defenders: Payback Cast
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