The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.
You can now watch Public Defender online on the following streaming providers in the United States.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Case of the Parolee | 1954-03-11 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | The Unfit Mother | 1954-03-18 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Lost Cause | 1954-03-25 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Forger | 1954-04-01 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | The Prize Fighter Story | 1954-04-08 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | The Clown | 1954-04-15 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Behind Bars | 1954-04-22 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Two Brothers | 1954-04-29 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Badge of Honor | 1954-05-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Let Justice Be Done | 1954-05-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Pauper's Gold | 1954-05-20 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Step Child | 1954-05-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | The Auto Accident | 1954-06-03 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Confession of Guilt | 1954-06-10 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Hobo Story | 1954-06-17 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Youth Crime Ring | 1954-06-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | Third Floor Rear | 1954-07-01 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | Out of the Past | 1954-07-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | A Call in the Night | 1954-07-12 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | Escape | 1954-07-19 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | High Stakes | 1954-07-26 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | Lisa | 1954-08-02 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | Baby for Sale | 1954-08-09 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | Think No Evil | 1954-08-16 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | The Ring | 1954-08-23 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | The Last Appeal | 1954-08-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Return of the Dead | 1954-09-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Road to Nowhere | 1954-09-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | The Big Race | 1954-09-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | The Arsonist | 1954-09-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Bertha Polaski | 1954-09-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | The Do-Gooder | 1954-10-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | When Credit is Due | 1954-10-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Crash Out | 1954-10-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Destiny | 1954-10-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | Hot Rod | 1954-11-04 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Color Blind | 1954-11-11 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | The Hijacked Truck | 1954-11-18 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | Circumstantial Evidence | 1954-11-25 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | The Murder Photo | 1954-12-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | Open Season | 1954-12-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | Socrates | 1954-12-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 17 | Moonshine | 1954-12-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | The Man Who Couldn't Remember | 1954-12-30 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 19 | Another World | 1955-01-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 20 | Deep Ditch | 1955-01-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 21 | Gunpoint | 1955-01-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 22 | Your Witness | 1955-01-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 23 | The Director | 1955-02-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 24 | Mama's Boy | 1955-02-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 25 | The Big Steel | 1955-02-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 26 | Jackpot | 1955-02-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 27 | A Knowledge of Astronomy | 1955-03-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 28 | The Hitchhiker | 1955-03-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 29 | Brutality | 1955-03-17 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 30 | Cornered | 1955-03-24 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 31 | Time to Kill | 1955-03-31 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 32 | The Sapphire Mink | 1955-04-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 33 | Juvenile Delinquent | 1955-04-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 34 | A Pair of Gloves | 1955-04-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 35 | End of the Line | 1955-04-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 36 | Clifford Pike | 1955-05-05 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 37 | Eight Out of a Hundred | 1955-05-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 38 | Condemned | 1955-05-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 39 | Operation Cleat | 1955-05-26 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 40 | Story of Nora Fulton | 1955-06-02 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 41 | The Bad Ones | 1955-06-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 42 | The Jockey and the Nun | 1955-06-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 43 | Failure | 1955-06-23 | 30 min |
