Public Defender S01E04 The Forger

Matthews doubts the innocence of a suspected forger. [RF]

1.04 [--] Public Defender: THE FORGER

01-Apr-1954

Reed Hadley (as Bart Matthew)

Patrick O'Neal ...... Bill Evans
Nancy Hale .......... Madge Evans
Arthur Space ........ Hamilton
Don Haggerty ........ Ryker
Jim Hayward ......... Soda Jerk
James Kirkwood ...... Judge
Dick Elliott ........ Fat Man
Stuart Randall ...... Maitre'D
Almira Sessions ..... Spinster

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)