The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Series of new films on Showtime based on the old television series finds the lawyers having to defend a journalist charged in a wrongful death. However, because of a bureaucratic screw-up, he is accidentally freed from prison which sets him on the run and into an incident in which a policeman is killed during an attempt to re-capture him.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Released
- 1998
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1998
Storyline
Series of new films on Showtime based on the old television series finds the lawyers having to defend a journalist charged in a wrongful death. However, because of a bureaucratic screw-up, he is accidentally freed from prison which sets him on the run and into an incident in which a policeman is killed during an attempt to re-capture him.
Top credits
Beau Bridges — Don Preston
E.G. Marshall — Lawrence Preston
Martha Plimpton — Mary Jane Preston
Jon Polito — D.A. Al Orsini
Did you know
• E.G. Marshall's final filmed acting project.
• Beau Bridges, as the son of E.G. Marshall's character, is the replacement for the late Robert Reed, who co-starred alongside Marshall on the original series.
User reviews
Wonderful possibilities, strong cast, disappointing failure.
I Won`t Defend This TVM
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Color
