Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.
- lawyer
- courtroom
- extramarital affair
- courtroom drama
- legal thriller
- bitter
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Al Pacino
Arthur Kirkland
Jack Warden
Judge Francis Rayford
John Forsythe
Judge Henry T. Fleming
Lee Strasberg
Grandpa Sam
- Christine Lahti — Gail Packer
- Craig T. Nelson — Frank Bowers
- Jeffrey Tambor — Jay Porter
- Sam Levene — Arnie
- Robert Christian — Ralph Agee
- Thomas G. Waites — Jeff McCullaugh
- Larry Bryggman — Warren Fresnell
- Dominic Chianese — Carl Travers
- Victor Arnold — Leo Fauci
- Vincent Beck — Officer Leary
- Michael Gorrin — Elderly Man
- Directed
- Norman Jewison
- Written
- Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 616 ratings
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
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