They were totally unqualified to try the case of a lifetime... but every underdog has his day.
Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.
$40,000,000
$45,916,769
November 18, 1997
Douglas/Reuther Productions, American Zoetrope
27 people
Matt Damon
Rudy Baylor
Acting
Claire Danes
Kelly Riker
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Danny DeVito
Deck Shifflet
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Jon Voight
Leo F. Drummond
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Mary Kay Place
Dot Black
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Dean Stockwell
Judge Harvey Hale
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Mickey Rourke
Bruiser Stone
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Danny Glover
Richter Tyrone Kipler
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Virginia Madsen
Jackie Lemancyzk
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Randy Travis
Billy Porter
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Roy Scheider
Wilfred Keeley
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Red West
Buddy Black
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