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| Director: | Norman Jewison |
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| Writer: | Barry Levinson, Valerie Curtin |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 19, 1979 |
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| Director: | Norman Jewison |
| Writer: | Barry Levinson, Valerie Curtin |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | lawyer, courtroom, extramarital affair, courtroom drama, legal thriller, bitter |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $33,300,000
Budget: $6,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Al Pacino | Arthur Kirkland |
| Jack Warden | Judge Francis Rayford |
| John Forsythe | Judge Henry T. Fleming |
| Lee Strasberg | Grandpa Sam |
| Jeffrey Tambor | Jay Porter |
| Christine Lahti | Gail Packer |
| Sam Levene | Arnie |
| Robert Christian | Ralph Agee |
| Thomas G. Waites | Jeff McCullaugh |
| Larry Bryggman | Warren Fresnell |
| Craig T. Nelson | Frank Bowers |
| Dominic Chianese | Carl Travers |
| Victor Arnold | Leo Fauci |
| Vincent Beck | Officer Leary |
| Michael Gorrin | Elderly Man |
| Baxter Harris | Larry |
| Joe Morton | Prison Doctor |
| Alan North | Deputy Sheriff |
| Tom Quinn | Desk Clerk Kiley |
| Beverly Sanders | Sherry |
| Connie Sawyer | Gitel |
| Charles Siebert | Assistant D.A. Keene |
| Robert Symonds | Judge Burns |
| Keith Andes | Marvin Bates |
| Stephen Blackmore | Robert Wenke |
| Vasili Bogazianos | Avilar |
| Terrence Currier | George Reisler |
| Walter Davy | Dapper Defendant |
| Rita Fredricks | Judge Howe |
| Jack Hollander | Prison Warden |
| Carl Pistilli | Matt Gibson |
| Darrell Zwerling | William Zinoff |
| J.G. Hertzler | Driver |
| Teri Wootten | Leah Shepard |
| John Aquino | Deputy Sheriff |
| Sidney Clute | Polic |
| Angus Duncan | Gallagher |
| Johnny Haymer | Crenna |
| Kenneth Patterson | Cecil |
| Allisha Council | Hooker |
| Molly Kohler | Young Woman |
| Cathleen Schurr | Mrs. Barnes |
| Donald Saiontz | Defense Attorney |
| Bill Polk | Paramedic |
| Bonita Cartwright | Woman in Car |
| Frank Sliwka | Court Clerk |
| Julius Dunbar | Court Reporter |
| Angelyn Forbes | Waitress |
| Newton Scott | Prison Guard |
| McLindsey Hawkins | Escort Officer |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Barry Levinson | Writer |
| Dave Grusin | Original Music Composer |
| Victor J. Kemper | Director of Photography |
| Richard Macdonald | Production Design |
| John F. Burnett | Editor |
| Valerie Curtin | Writer |
| Peter Samish | Art Direction |
| Vivienne Walker | Hairstylist |
| Thomas L. Roysden | Set Decoration |
| Ruth Myers | Costume Design |
| Ross Reynolds | Pilot |
| Darryl M. Athons | Costumer |
| Cliff Langer | Costumer |
| Norman Jewison | Director |
| Frank Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Larry DeWaay | Production Manager |
| Win Phelps | First Assistant Director |
| Bob Dahlin | Second Assistant Director |
| Mike Fenton | Casting |
| Jane Feinberg | Casting |
| Sam F. Shaw | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Roger Irvin | Construction Coordinator |
| Bill Iiams | Construction Foreman |
| John Zemansky | Property Master |
| 'Dangerous' Bob Widin | Props |
| Ronald C. Jacobs | Leadman |
| June Samson | Script Supervisor |
| Maxwell Meltzer | Production Accountant |
| Wendell Baggett | Production Accountant |
| Charles Milhaupt | Production Coordinator |
| Dow Griffith | Location Manager |
| Jerry Levin | Extras Casting |
| Martha Royall | Extras Casting |
| Dennis Maitland | Production Sound Mixer |
| Tex Rudloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Robert G. Henderson | Sound Editor |
| Norman B. Schwartz | Dialogue Editor |
| Else Blangsted | Music Editor |
| David A. Simmons | Assistant Editor |
| Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
| Lou Barlia | Camera Operator |
| Robert C. Thomas | Camera Operator |
| Jack Brown | Camera Technician |
| Robert Marta | Camera Technician |
| Muky | Still Photographer |
| Jack Harris | Still Photographer |
| Frank M. Holgate | Aerial Camera |
| Gaylin P. Schultz | Key Grip |
| Earl Gilbert | Gaffer |
| Craig Pinkard | Transportation Coordinator |
| Arthur F. 'Mickey' McAteer | Transportation Captain |
| Lawrence J. Cavanaugh | Special Effects |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Patrick J. Palmer | Producer |
| Joe Wizan | Executive Producer |
| Norman Jewison | Producer |
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