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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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| Patrick J. Palmer | Producer | 
| Joe Wizan | Executive Producer | 
| Norman Jewison | Producer | 
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