Public Defender S01E17 Third Floor Rear

Matthews defends a young father accused of kidnapping his infant son
from the home of his in-laws.

1.17 [--] Public Defender: THIRD FLOOR REAR

01-Jul-1954 CBS

Reed Hadley (as Bart Matthew)

Marshall Thompson ... Jeff Norton
Frances Rafferty .... Barbara Norton
Earl Robie .......... Billy Norton
Howard Wendell ...... Ben Forman
Louise Lorimer ...... Mrs. Harrington
Gladys Holland ...... Mrs. Peroni
Maurice Marsac ...... Mr. Peroni
Lester Matthews ..... Mr. Harrington
Harold Peary ........ Ladislaus
Gordon Richards ..... Butler
Frank Wilcox ........ Attorney
Robert Cherry ....... Trailer Court Owner
John Close .......... 1st Detective
Betty Finley ........ Nurse
Herbert Heyes ....... Judge
Betsy Holt .......... Governess

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)