Public Defender S02E21 High Stakes

2.21 [--] Public Defender: HIGH STAKES [CK]

26-Jul-54

Starring: Reed Hadley (as Bart Matthew)

Mike Ragan (aka Holly Bane) ...... Police Officer
Steve Brodie .......... Tom Hampton
Alan Dexter ........... Harry Riggs
Norman Keats .......... Chuck
Bill Kennedy .......... Andy
Nan Leslie ............ Miss Oliver
Frank Marlowe ......... Higgins
Randy Stuart .......... Nora Hampton
Lyle Talbot ........... Mr. Young
Roland Varno .......... George Morgan

Synopsis:
Bart Matthews tries to prevent a debt-ridden poker player from getting into more difficulties. [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)