Finding Aid for the Collection of scripts for the television series
The Defenders, 1962-1965
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection of scripts for the television series
The Defenders
Date (inclusive): 1962-1965
Collection number: PASC 129
Extent:
7 boxes (3 linear ft.)
Abstract:
The Defenders was televised 1961 to 1965. The series featured E.G. Marshall and Robert Reed as a father-son team of defense attorneys.
The program established a model for social-issue type television series that were created in the early sixties. The collection
consists of annotated scripts from January 1962 to March 1965.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of scripts for the television series
The Defenders (Collection Number PASC 129). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Biography/History
The Defenders television series ran from September 1961-September 1965. Filmed in New York, the stories centered on a father-and-son team
of defense attorneys, and explored issues such as euthanasia, abortion, blacklisting, and civil disobedience. Regular cast
members included, E.G. Marshall, Robert Reed, Polly Rowles, Helen Donaldson, and Joan Hackett. The series was created by Reginald
Rose, who wrote several of the scripts, and was produced by Herbert Brodkin. Other regular writers included Ernest Kinoy and
Robert Crean.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of annotated scripts for the television series
The Defenders. Includes the scripts for production numbers 29-132 (January 1962-March 1965). Script annotations may have been made by writer,
Robert Markell.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
The Defenders (Television program).
Television--Production and direction--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Television scripts.
Related Material
Paramount Pictures Corporation Television Production Records (Collection 171). Available at Library Special Collections, UCLA.
Container List
Box 1
ALONG CAME A SPIDER. 31
2/24/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Peter Stone.
Box 1
AVENGER, THE. 37
4/26/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: James Lee.
Box 1
BLOOD COUNTY. 33
3/9/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Ernest Kinoy. Director: Buzz Kulik.
Box 1
BROKEN BARRELHEAD. 32
3/2/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: David Karp.
Box 1
GRANDMA TNT. 38
5/2/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: David Karp.
Box 1
INDELIBLE SILENCE, THE. 36
3/14/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Charles Garment
Box 1
NAKED HEIRESS, THE. 29
1/23/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Alvin Boretz.
Box 1
REUNION WITH DEATH. 30
2/13/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: David Shaw.
Box 1
SEVEN GHOSTS OF SIMON GRAY. 34
3/23/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Stanley R. Greenberg.
Box 1
UNWANTED, THE. 39
5/11/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Robert Thom.
Box 1
VOICES OF DEATH, THE. 35
3/9/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Reginald Rose.
Box 2
APOSTLE, THE. 45
8/6/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Stanley R. Greenberg.
Box 2
DEATH TAKES THE STAND. 42
6/13/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: David Davidson
Box 2
HIDDEN JUNGLE, THE. 40
5/7/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Stanley R. Greenberg.
Box 2
KILL OR BE KILLED. 47
8/24/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Larry Cohen.
Box 2
MADMAN. 41
6/4/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Robert Thom.
Box 2
MAN AGAINST HIMSELF, A. 48
9/7/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Raphael Hayes.
Box 2
POISONED FRUIT DOCTRINE. 50
9/19/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: A.J. Russell
Box 2
POLTERGEIST. 51
10/8/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Reginald Rose.
Box 2
SAVAGE INFANT, THE. 49
8/17/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: David Karp.
Box 2
TILL DEATH DO YOU PART. 43
5/22/1962
Box 3
DRINK LIKE A LADY. 90
1/2/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Ellen M. Violett
Box 3
EYE OF FEAR, THE. 54
11/6/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Stanley R. Greenberg.
Box 3
HOUR BEFORE DOOMSDAY, THE. 56
11/28/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: William Woolfolk
Box 3
LAST ILLUSION, THE. 57
12/7/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: William Woolfolk
Box 3
METAMORPHOSIS. 55
11/1/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Stanley R. Greenberg.
Box 3
MURDER MINUS ONE. 89
12/5/1963
Box 3
ORDEAL. 52
11/11/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: David Shaw.
Box 3
PILL MAN, THE. 88
11/25/1963
Scope and Content
Writers: Charles Eckert, Albert Ruben
Box 3
SECRET, THE. 86
11/11/1963
Scope and Content
Writer: Larry Cohen.
Box 3
TASTE OF ASHES, A. 87
11/19/1963
Scope and Content
Writers: Reginald Rose, David W. Rintels.
Box 3
TRAITOR, THE. 53
10/24/1962
Scope and Content
Writer: Larry Cohen
Box 4
FINE LINE, THE. 99
4/1/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Harold Gast. Director: Buzz Kulik.
Box 4
HIDDEN FURY, THE. 93
2/3/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: George Baxt.
Box 4
MIND OVER MURDER. 97
3/11/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Roger H. Lewis
Box 4
MOMENT OF TRUTH. 92
1/21/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: David Karp
Box 4
NON-VIOLENT, THE. 100
4/10/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
Box 4
SIXTH ALARM, THE. 98
3/23/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: William Woolfolk
Box 4
STOWAWAY. 101
4/3/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Edward DeBlasio
Box 4
SURVIVAL. 91
1/10/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: William Woolfolk
Box 4
THIEF, THE. 95
2/21/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Robert J. Crean
Box 4
YANKEE COME HOME. 96
2/28/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Albert Ruben
Box 5
COMEBACK. 107
6/15/1964
Scope and Content
Writers: Reginald Rose, Edward DeBlasio.
Box 5
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS. 108
6/23/1964
Scope and Content
Writers: Reginald Rose, Ellen M. Violett.
Box 5
GO-BETWEEN. 111
7/21/1964
Scope and Content
Writers: Larry Cohen, Reginald Rose.
Box 5
HERO OF THE PEOPLE. 106
5/20/1964
Scope and Content
Writers: Rod Sylvester, William Woolfolk.
Box 5
HOLLOW TRIUMPH. 102
4/30/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Howard Fast
Box 5
KING OF THE HILL. 110
7/1/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Robert J. Crean.
Box 5
SIEGE, THE. 112
7/30/1964
Scope and Content
Writers: Bo Goldman, Ian McLellan Hunter.
Box 5
TURNING POINT. 109
6/29/1964
Scope and Content
Writers: Reginald Rose, James Lee.
Box 5
UNCIVIL WAR, THE. 103
5/8/1964
Box 6
DEATH ON WHEELS. 119
11/3/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: George Bellak.
Box 6
EYEWITNESS. 116
10/6/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: David Karp.
Box 6
FIRES OF THE MIND. 122
12/3/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Arnold Manoff.
Box 6
MAN WHO, THE. 113
9/1/1964
Scope and Content
Writers: Reginald Rose, Ernest Kinoy.
Box 6
OBJECTOR, THE. 121
11/23/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Harold Gast.
Box 6
SILENT KILLER. 118
10/22/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Martin Donaldson, William Woolfolk. Directed by Daniel Petrie.
Box 6
UNWRITTEN LAW, THE. 120
11/23/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Larry Cohen.
Box 6
VOICE LOUD AND CLEAR, A. 115
9/23/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Robert J. Crean
Box 6
WHIPPING BOY. 117
10/15/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Edward DeBlasio.
Box 6
WHITEWASH. 114
9/11/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Roger H. Lewis.
Box 7
BUMS' RUSH, THE. 131
3/11/1965
Scope and Content
Writer: Alvin Boretz.
Box 7
IMPEACHMENT. 126
1/21/1965
Scope and Content
Writer: Stanley R. Greenberg.
Box 7
MATTER OF LAW AND DISORDER, A. 128
2/10/1965
Scope and Content
Writer: Roger H. Lewis.
Box 7
MERRY-GO-ROUND MENDER, THE. 124
12/30/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Robert J. Crean.
Box 7
NOBODY ASKS WHAT SIDE YOU'RE ON... 125
1/7/1965
Scope and Content
Writer: Ellen M. Violett.
Box 7
NO-KNOCK. 123
12/15/1964
Scope and Content
Writer: Peter A. Chilles. Director: Daniel Petrie.
Box 7
ONLY A CHILD. 132
3/22/1965
Scope and Content
Writer: Ellen M. Violett.
Box 7
SWORN TWELVE, THE. 127
2/1/1965
Scope and Content
Writer: Edward DeBlasio.
Box 7
YOUTHS AND MAIDENS ON AN EVENING WALK. 129
2/19/1965
Scope and Content
Writer: Robert J. Crean.
