The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Starring the Defense
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Introduction
"Starring the Defense" was originally broadcast on 15/Nov/1963 as part of the second season of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Synopsis
Miles Crawford is an actor-turned-lawyer. His son Tod is arrested and put on trial for murder. Tod is guilty of the crime but Miles makes an impassioned summation that manages to sway both the judge and the jury. Unfortunately, the prosecutor is a movie fan and points out that the summation was lifted word for word from one of Miles's old movies in which he played a defense attorney in a case similar to his son's. (TV.com)
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Cast and Crew
Directed by:
Written by:
- Henry Slesar - screenplay
Starring:
- Richard Basehart - cast: Miles Crawford
- Russell Collins - cast: Sam Brody
- Christopher Connelly - cast: Rudy Trask
- Charles E Fredericks - cast: The Movie Warden
- Jean Hale - cast: Babs Riordan
- Florence Halop - cast: Jenny
- Selmer Jackson - cast: The Movie Chaplain
- S John Launer - cast: Edwin C. Rutherford
- Nolan Leary - cast: The Movie Judge
- Diane Mountford - cast: Ruthie
- Barney Phillips - cast: Prosecutor Hanley
- Teno Pollick - cast: Tod Crawford
- Rockne Tarkington - cast: Pete - Police Officer
- Buster West - cast: The Movie Foreman
- Vince Williams - cast: The Court Bailiff
- John Zaremba - cast: Judge
- Bill Zuckert - cast: Lt. Raphael