Blacklist

Episode aired Jan 18, 1964
TV-14
1h

IMDb RATING

8.9/10

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Robert Reed and E.G. Marshall in The Defenders (1961)

Crime Drama

A decade after being blacklisted in Hollywood for his political ties, former actor-turned-shoe-salesman Joe Larch receives an offer for a comeback in a new film. When Larch's plans are thwar... Read allA decade after being blacklisted in Hollywood for his political ties, former actor-turned-shoe-salesman Joe Larch receives an offer for a comeback in a new film. When Larch's plans are thwarted by a radical political group pressuring the town's mayor to stop the production, Larch... Read allA decade after being blacklisted in Hollywood for his political ties, former actor-turned-shoe-salesman Joe Larch receives an offer for a comeback in a new film. When Larch's plans are thwarted by a radical political group pressuring the town's mayor to stop the production, Larch hires the Prestons to file a libel suit against his enemies.

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Trivia
In a Television Academy Foundation interview Jack Klugman said the director Stuart Rosenberg personally offered him the role of Joe Larch. Klugman initially declined because The Defenders apparently had adopted a policy of paying guest stars less than other television show of the era. Rosenberg offered to cast Klugman's real-life wife Brett Somers in the episode at which time Klugman accepted.