The Star Chamber
They meet. They judge. They execute.
1983 | 105m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Peter Hyams |
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| Writer: | Roderick Taylor, Peter Hyams |
| Staring: |
| As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle with his tortured conscience and growing despair as he watches helplessly as the ruthless criminals brought before his court go free because clever lawyers find obscure loopholes in the law. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 05, 1983 |
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| Director: | Peter Hyams |
| Writer: | Roderick Taylor, Peter Hyams |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | judge, husband wife relationship, hitman, secret society, mission of murder, right and justice, serial killer, los angeles, california, cynical, miscarriage of justice, crime wave, cautionary, intense, authoritarian, forceful, harsh |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, Frank Yablans Presentations |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $5,555,305
Budget: $8,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Michael Douglas | Steven Hardin |
| Hal Holbrook | Benjamin Caulfield |
| Yaphet Kotto | Detective Harry Lowes |
| Sharon Gless | Emily Hardin |
| James B. Sikking | Dr. Harold Lewin |
| Joe Regalbuto | Arthur Cooms |
| Don Calfa | Lawrence Monk |
| John DiSanti | Detective James Wickman |
| DeWayne Jessie | Stanley Flowers |
| Jack Kehoe | Hingle |
| Larry Hankin | Detective Kenneth Wiggan |
| Dick Anthony Williams | Detective Paul Mackey |
| Margie Impert | Louise Rachmil |
| Dana Gladstone | Martin Hyatt |
| David Proval | Officer Nelson |
| Robin Gammell | Judge Archer |
| Matthew Faison | Judge Stoner |
| Fred McCarren | Robert Karras |
| Michael Ensign | Judge Kirkland |
| Jason Bernard | Judge Bocho |
| Jerry Taft | Judge Fogelson |
| Michael Austin | Judge Lang |
| Sheldon Feldner | Judge Culhane |
| James Margolin | Albert Beamer |
| Hexin E. McPhee | Marvin Dawson |
| Diana Douglas | Adrian Caulfield |
| Keith Buckley | Assassin |
| Domingo Ambriz | Hector Andujar |
| Frances Bergen | Mrs. Cummins |
| Charlie Stavola | Detective Serkin |
| Robert Costanzo | Sgt. Spota |
| Paul Brennan | Garreth |
| Kate Zentall | Janet |
| George A. Cooper | State Senator Walden |
| Gary Rebstock | Newscaster |
| David Faustino | Tony Hardin |
| Jason Tomarken | Max Hardin |
| George Dickerson | George Tillis |
| Eddy C. Dyer | Garbage Man |
| John Garrett | Chuck Hurley |
| Danna Hyams | Caroline Stout |
| Alan Oliney | Ladd |
| Don Pulford | Bailiff |
| Ron Cummins | 1st Man |
| Jack Slate | 2nd Man |
| Charles Hallahan | Officer Pickett (uncredited) |
| Fritzi Burr | Judge Alice McCardle (uncredited) |
| David Armstrong | Party Guest |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| James Mitchell | Editor |
| Roderick Taylor | Screenplay, Story |
| Kurt Neumann | Unit Production Manager |
| Annette Benson | Casting Assistant |
| Joanna Cappuccilli Lovetti | Assistant Editor |
| Jerry Jost | Sound Mixer |
| Richard Overton | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Charles Tetoni | Associate Editor |
| Ray Alba | Sound Editor |
| Claire MacTague | Production Coordinator |
| George Eckert | Set Designer |
| Penny Perry | Casting |
| Rick Simpson | Set Decoration |
| William S. Beasley | First Assistant Director |
| Jack Johnson | Production Illustrator |
| Janet Brady | Stunts |
| Tommy J. Huff | Stunts |
| Michael Small | Original Music Composer |
| Bill Malley | Production Design |
| John Baron | Gaffer |
| Jan Gershkoff | Music Editor |
| Paul Wells | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Howard McCormick | Leadman |
| Everett Olson | Construction Coordinator |
| Cary Kelley | Transportation Coordinator |
| John Franco | Script Supervisor |
| G. Tony Scarano | Costumer |
| Ralph Gerling | Camera Operator |
| Marty Wunderlich | Property Master |
| Henry Millar Jr. | Special Effects |
| Larry Barbier | Still Photographer |
| Richard Hannah | Director of Photography |
| Armin Steiner | Scoring Mixer |
| Tom May | Key Grip |
| Dorothea Long | Hairstylist |
| Theodore Soderberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Duncan Henderson | Second Assistant Director |
| William James Teegarden | Set Designer |
| Bert Schoenfeld | Sound Editor |
| Nancy Martinelli | Costumer |
| Carolyn Colwell | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Patricia Norris | Costume Designer |
| Peter Hyams | Screenplay, Director |
| Bo Welch | Art Direction |
| Michael Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Don E. FauntLeRoy | Assistant Camera |
| Glenn R. Wilder | Stunt Coordinator |
| Freddie Hice | Stunts |
| Michael Runyard | Stunts |
| Kenny Endoso | Stunts |
| Sharon Schaffer | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Frank Yablans | Producer |
| Kurt Neumann | Associate Producer |
| Jonathan A. Zimbert | Associate Producer |
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