Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Mild
The story
After a wealthy heiress is murdered in her beach house, her devastated husband becomes the prime suspect. He hires a lawyer who hasn’t taken a criminal case in years, and as they work together, a complicated romance develops amidst the trial.
- court
- proof
- client
- sociopath
- lawyer
- courtroom
- beach house
- heiress
- psycho killer
- neo-noir
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Glenn Close
Teddy Barnes
Jeff Bridges
Jack Forrester
Peter Coyote
Thomas Krasny
Lance Henriksen
Frank Martin
- Robert Loggia — Sam Ransom
- Michael Dorn — Dan Hislan
- Maria Mayenzet — Page Forrester
- William Allen Young — Greg Arnold
- Ben Hammer — Dr. Goldman
- James Karen — Andrew Hardesty
- Al Ruscio — Carl Siegal
- Bruce French — Richard Duffin
- Brandon Call — David Barnes
- Phyllis Applegate — Mrs. Stiles
- Guy Boyd — Matthew Barnes
- Directed
- Richard Marquand
- Written
- Joe Eszterhas
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 297 ratings
- Studio
- Delphi IV Productions, Columbia Pictures
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