Once in a while someone fights back.
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.
$6,000,000
$33,300,000
October 19, 1979
Columbia Pictures
50 people
Al Pacino
Arthur Kirkland
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Frank Bowers
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Jay Porter
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Robert Christian
Ralph Agee
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Thomas G. Waites
Jeff McCullaugh
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Larry Bryggman
Warren Fresnell
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Carl Travers
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