Public Defender S02E03 The Big Race

2.03 [29] Public Defender: THE BIG RACE (a.k.a. "The Long Shot")

20-Sep-1954

Written by William E. Raynor
Directed by Harve Foster

Starring: Reed Hadley (as Bart Matthew)

Frankie Darro ............ Johnny Hatton
Robert Bray .............. Ray Longo
Martha Hyer .............. Connie
George E. Stone .......... Louie Ingram
Stanley Clements ......... Eddie Barrows
Edgar Dearing ............ Whitey Johnson
Charles Williams ......... Sam
Bill Cartledge ........... Jockey

Synopsis 1:
A jockey refuses to throw a race and is framed on an assault charge. [TA]

Synopsis 2:
A jockey is jailed for injuring another rider during a big race. [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)