Public Defender S01E03 Lost Cause...with Hugh Beaumont

An ex-convict is accused of murdering his boss. [RF]

1.03 [--] Public Defender: LOST CAUSE

25-Mar-1954

Reed Hadley (as Bart Matthew)

Hugh Beaumont ......... Gil Bowman
Adele Jergens ......... Patricia Murray
William Ching ......... Mort Bettiger
Yvette Duguay ......... Anna Marie Stehlik
Paul Picerni .......... Albert DeMarco
Fred Coby ............. Smith
Mitchell Kowall ....... Jones
Barney Phillips ....... D.A.
George Spaulding ...... Judge
Phil Tead ............. Hotel Manager
Ben Welden ............ Dominick
Wheaton Chambers ...... Bookkeeper

Episode Information Courtesy:
ctva.biz/US/Legal/PublicDefender.htm



Series Premise:
The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley (1911-1974) as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half. When this series was created by Mort R. Lewis and Sam Shayon, the concept of the public defender was little known in the United States except in capital cases. The Public Defender purportedly based each episode on true cases, and each segment closes with a tribute to a public defender. Hadley portrays the stoic but driven public defender Bart Matthews, whose clients cannot otherwise afford expensive legal representation.

Series Info Courtesy:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Public_Defender_(TV_series)