The Defenders: Taking the First (1998)

Drama
TV Movie

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

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

Crew

Director
A Andy Wolk
Writer
A Andy Wolk
Writer
P Peter Wolk
Executive Producer
Beau Bridges
Executive Producer
S Stan Rogow
Director of Photography
John Newby
Editor
L Lauren A. Schaffer
Original Music Composer
Mark Isham