The Bold Ones: The Protectors

If I Should Wake Before I Die (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

Due to his writing, cocky convicted rapist/killer Martin Sitomer receives a new trial in which he acts as his own attorney, forcing Washburn and Danforth to re-examine the evidence.

Director

Daryl Duke

Writers

Roland Wolpert (creator) | William Sackheim (creator) | Adrian Spies (teleplay) | Jerrold Freedman (story)

Producer

Jerrold Freedman

Cinematographer

Richard Batcheller

Editor

Douglas Stewart

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Updated Oct 26, 1969

Release date

Oct 26, 1969 (United States)

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Leslie Nielsen Deputy Police Chief Sam Danforth Deputy Police Chief Sam Danforth See fewer	Airplane! (1980)
Hari Rhodes District Attorney William Washburn District Attorney William Washburn See fewer	Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
Robert Drivas Martin Sitomer Martin Sitomer See fewer	Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Edmond O'Brien Warden Millbank Warden Millbank See fewer	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Gene Evans Fanner Fanner See fewer	Ace in the Hole (1951)
Milton Selzer Bender Bender See fewer	Sid and Nancy (1986)
Len Wayland Official Official See fewer	Barnaby Jones (1973)
Connie Kreski Waitress Waitress See fewer	Captains and the Kings (1976)
Regis Cordic Judge (as Rege Cordic) Judge (as Rege Cordic) See fewer	The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Ron Stokes Flato Flato See fewer	Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966)
Arthur Malet Reverend Eaker Reverend Eaker See fewer	Mary Poppins (1964)
Robert Shayne Appellate Judge (uncredited) Appellate Judge (uncredited) See fewer	Christmas in Connecticut (1945)