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The Defenders: Taking the First (1998)

The Defenders: Taking the First (1998)

Drama TV Movie
Release Date: 1998, October 25
Directors: Andy Wolk
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Television, Paramount Television, Showtime Networks, Showtime Networks
Cast: Clifton Collins Jr., Richard Fitzpatrick, Diego Fuentes, Martha Plimpton, Bill Lake, Jeremy London, Sugith Varughese, J. Winston Carroll, Mimi Kuzyk, Beau Bridges, Philip Casnoff, Michael Ayoub

Overview:

A racist provokes four teens into beating a Latino youth to death after one of his fiery speeches on a college campus. The Prestons are first called upon to defend one of the youths who gives testimony against the other three. Then, in a turnaround, the family of the murdered boy hires the Prestons to try to get a conviction against the racist.