The Defenders: Taking the First 1998
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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.
- Released: 1998-10-25
- Runtime: 96 minutes
- Genre: Drama, TV Movie
- Stars: Beau Bridges, Martha Plimpton, Jeremy London, Jordan Bridges, Clifton Collins Jr.
- Director: Beau Bridges, Stan Rogow, John Newby, Lauren A. Schaffer, Mark Isham
