Arthur Kirkland, an idealistic defense attorney in Baltimore, cares about his clients and visits his aging grandfather, who put him through law school, every week. Things aren't going well for Arthur: two of his clients are increasingly desperate, neither should be in prison, his partner is behaving bizarrely, he's begun an affair with an attorney who's on the bar's disciplinary committee, his favorite judge may have a death wish, and then, the judge he dislikes most, a by-the-book martinet, demands that Arthur defend him when he's accused of a brutal assault on a young woman. Is there any way to expose real corruption and find justice for all?
| Release Date: | Oct 1979 |
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| Genre: | Drama / Thriller / Crime |
| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 2 nominations |
| Cast: | 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 (as Thomas Waites)), 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 (as John Hertzler)), 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 (as Donald S. Saiontz)), 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), Jonathan Williams (News Videographer Outside Jail...) |