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The Defenders: Payback

The Defenders: Payback

1997tvMovie⏱️ 1h 36m
CrimeDrama
5.8
IMDB Rating
197 votes

E.G. Marshall returns as the head of the law firm that he portrayed in the 1961 television series. This time his partners are his son (Beau Bridges) and his granddaughter (Martha Plimpton). In this movie, a man (John Larroquette) murdered 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 his 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.

Director
Andy Wolk
Writers
Andy Wolk, Peter Wolk
Stars
Martha Plimpton, Beau Bridges, Roma Maffia, E.G. Marshall
Language
English
Country
United States
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Martha Plimpton
Martha Plimpton
as M.J. Preston
Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges
as Don Preston
Roma Maffia
Roma Maffia
as Julie Bishop
E.G. Marshall
E.G. Marshall
as Lawrence Preston
Rachael Leigh Cook
Rachael Leigh Cook
as Tracey Lane
Mark Blum
Mark Blum
as Jackson
Yaphet Kotto
Yaphet Kotto
as Judge Williams
Clea DuVall
Clea DuVall
as Jessica Lane
Mimi Kuzyk
Mimi Kuzyk
as Camille Preston
Sean McCann
Sean McCann
as John Broderick

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📖 Synopsis

E.G. Marshall returns as the head of the law firm that he portrayed in the 1961 television series. This time his partners are his son (Beau Bridges) and his granddaughter (Martha Plimpton). In this movie, a man (John Larroquette) murdered 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 his 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.