Public Defender S01E09 Badge Of Honor

1.09 [--] Public Defender: BADGE OF HONOR

06-May-1954

Directed By Paul Guilfoyle [SC]
Teleplay By Howard J. Green [SC]
Starring: Reed Hadley (as Bart Matthew)

Harry Carey Jr. ......... Dan
Frankie Darro ........... Brown
John Eldredge ........... Chaplain
James Flavin ............ Walsh
Sally Fraser ............ Doris
Louis Lettieri .......... Boy
Kathleen Mulqueen ....... Mrs. Wilson
Emory Parnell ........... Gunderson
Betty Finley ............ Miss Norton

Synopsis:
Matthews aids a rookie policeman accused of incompetence. [RF]

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)