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| Director: | Jon Avnet | 
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| Writer: | Robert King | 
| Staring: | 
| An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 30, 1997 | 
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| Director: | Jon Avnet | 
| Writer: | Robert King | 
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Thriller | 
| Keywords | china, death penalty, businessman, murder, justice, legal thriller | 
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Avnet/Kerner Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $22,420,000 Budget: $48,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Richard Gere | Jack Moore | 
| Bai Ling | Shen Yuelin | 
| Bradley Whitford | Bob Ghery | 
| Byron Mann | Lin Dan | 
| Peter Donat | David McAndrews | 
| Robert Stanton | Ed Pratt | 
| Tsai Chin | Chairman Xu | 
| James Hong | Lin Shou | 
| Tzi Ma | Li Cheng | 
| Ulrich Matschoss | Gerhardt Hoffman | 
| Richard Venture | Ambassador Reed | 
| Jessey Meng | Hong Ling | 
| Roger Yuan | Huan Minglu | 
| Chi Yu Li | General Hong | 
| Henry O | Procurator General Yang | 
| Daxing Zhang | Procurator Ma | 
| Robert Lin | Director Liu's Interpreter | 
| Ken Leung | Peng | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Kevin Greutert | Assistant Editor | 
| Jon Avnet | Director | 
| Robert King | Screenplay | 
| Thomas Newman | Original Music Composer | 
| Albert Wolsky | Costume Design | 
| Karl Walter Lindenlaub | Director of Photography | 
| Kevin Scott Mack | Visual Effects Supervisor | 
| Elizabeth Meyerson | Art Department Coordinator | 
| Richard Sylbert | Production Design | 
| Virginia Randolph-Weaver | Art Direction | 
| Diana Lee Inosanto | Stunts | 
| Scott Wilder | Stunt Double | 
| David E. Campbell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Gregg Rudloff | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Linda Arnold | Key Hair Stylist | 
| Michiko Nishiwaki | Stunt Double | 
| Kenny Endoso | Stunts | 
| Buddy Joe Hooker | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Al Goto | Stunts | 
| Luca Kouimelis | Script Supervisor | 
| Peter E. Berger | Editor | 
| Stephen Robinette | Key Hair Stylist | 
| John T. Reitz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Thais Zoe | Production Coordinator | 
| David Rubin | Casting | 
| William Kemper Wright | Set Decoration | 
| George Watters II | Supervising Sound Editor | 
| Fern Buchner | Key Makeup Artist | 
| Alex Proctor | Makeup Artist | 
| Teri E. Dorman | Dialogue Editor | 
| David James | Still Photographer | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Jon Avnet | Producer | 
| Nadine Schiff | Associate Producer | 
| Martin Huberty | Co-Producer | 
| Jordan Kerner | Producer | 
| Gail Katz | Executive Producer | 
| Rosalie Swedlin | Producer | 
| Charles Mulvehill | Producer | 
| Lisa Lindstrom | Co-Producer | 
| Baifang Liu | Associate Producer | 
| Wolfgang Petersen | Executive Producer | 
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min | 
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| 2024 | 4 | 25 | 45 | 16 | 
| 2024 | 5 | 27 | 47 | 17 | 
| 2024 | 6 | 25 | 42 | 13 | 
| 2024 | 7 | 22 | 33 | 13 | 
| 2024 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 12 | 
| 2024 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 
| 2024 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 
| 2024 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 
| 2024 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 
| 2025 | 1 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 
| 2025 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg | 
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| 2024 | 11 | 919 | 919 |