Public Defender S01E05 The Prize Fighter Story

After he refuses to throw a fight, a young boxer (Richard Jaeckel) is framed on a narcotics charge. [RF]

1.05 [--] Public Defender: THE PRIZE FIGHTER STORY

08-Apr-1954

Reed Hadley (as Bart Matthew)

Mary Beth Hughes ....... Eve
Richard Jaeckel ........ Davis
Douglas Evans .......... Worden
John Qualen ............ Ames
Henry Kulky ............ Murphy
Lou Lubin .............. Willie
John Pickard ........... Kimball
Joey Ray ............... Webb
Eddie Saenz ............ Veldez
Ben Welden ............. Donny
Tom Brown .............. Soapy
Mike Dale .............. Referee

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)