The Defenders: Taking the First (1998)
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.
Casting
- Beau Bridges — Don Preston
- Martha Plimpton — MJ Preston
- Jeremy London — Wyman James
- Jordan Bridges
- Clifton Collins Jr. — Nelson Rodriguez
- Philip Casnoff — John Walker
- Mimi Kuzyk — Camille Preston
- Camilla Scott — Liz Carter
- Diego Fuentes — Bayo Rodriguez
- Marilo Nunez — Rosalie Rodriguez
- Nancy Palk — Judge Lacey
- Lili Francks — Alice Rawls
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