About The Defenders: Taking the First
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.
Full Cast of The Defenders: Taking the First
Philip Casnoff
plays John Walker
Lili Francks
plays Alice Rawls
Clifton Collins Jr.
plays Nelson Rodriguez
Beau Bridges
plays Don Preston
Christopher Redman
plays Steven Preston
Martha Plimpton
plays MJ Preston
Mimi Kuzyk
plays Camille Preston
Kristen Holden-Ried
plays McCann
Crew of The Defenders: Taking the First
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