Public Defender S02E04 The Fire Bell

2.04 [30] Public Defender: THE FIRE BELL [CK]

27Sep54

Starring: Reed Hadley (as Bart Matthew)

Dwayne Hickman ........ Kenny Higgins
Catherine McLeod ...... Ellen Higgins
Walter Coy ............ Jim Higgins
Burt Mustin ........... Otis
Margaret Bert ......... Old Lady
Harry Evans ........... Old Man
John Close ............ 1st Cop
Bing Russell .......... 2nd Cop
Ken Miller ............ Hot Dog Man
Vernon Rich ........... Fire Lt.

Synopsis:
Bart Matthew tries to help a boy who is on the verge of becoming a pyromaniac. [TA]


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)