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.
- Created by
- Mort R. Lewis

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.
2 seasons · 69 episodes
Return of the Dead
Sep 6, 195430 min
Road to Nowhere
Sep 13, 195430 min
The Big Race
Sep 20, 195430 min
The Arsonist
Sep 27, 195430 min
A disturbed teen-aged boy begins setting fires in the neighborhood following an altercation with his father.
Loyalty
Sep 30, 195430 min
Matthews takes the case of a cop killer who is depending on his little brother's false testimony to get him off. When the killer thinks Matthews is getting to friendly with his little brother, he fires Matthews.
The Do-Gooder
Oct 7, 195430 min
A man is in hospital after wrecking a car with an escaped fugitive, killing the fugitive. The man is in trouble for harboring the fugitive but he refuses to speak to Matthews, his Public Defender. Matthews quickly deduces that the man doesn