The Defenders: Payback (1997)

Cast

Credited cast:
	Beau Bridges	...	Don Preston
	E.G. Marshall	...	Lawrence Preston
	Martha Plimpton	...	M.J. Preston
	John Larroquette	...	Michael Lane
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	David Blacker	...	Construction Worker
	Mark Blum	...	Jackson
	Chloe Brown	...	Kelly Preston
	Corinne Conley	...	Judge Turner
	Rachael Leigh Cook	...	Tracey Lane
	Tony De Santis	...	Mr. Kuhlman
	Jack Duffy	...	Mr. Sanders
	Clea DuVall	...	Jessica Lane
	Kristin Fairlie	...	Chris
	Emily Fleming	...	8-Year-Old Jessie
	Kyra Harper	...	Ms. Reynolds

Storyline

E.G. Marshall returns as the head of the law firm that he portrayed in the 1961 to 1965 tv series. This time his partners are his son (Bridges) and his granddaughter (Plimpton). This is projected to be the first of a series of films. In this episode a man (Larroquette) murders the man who assaulted and raped his young daughter years before and was released from prison after serving just a few years. Tried for first degree murder, the team has to come up with a defense approaching he and his families' mental state. Specifically his daughter had to be placed in a mental ward as the result of the attack after a series of attempted suicides, his older daughter had run away from home because she could not stand the depressing atmosphere, and he simply thought of nothing but the man's death. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>  

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