The Defenders: Choice of Evils

The Defenders: Choice of Evils

1998 · 95 min · ★ 4.5 · Drama, TV Movie

The Defenders are a crack team of lawyers dedicated to one principle - the accused is innocent untill proven guilty. This time, they defend a man wrongly convicted of murder.

Directed by Andy Wolk · Written by Larry Cohen

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