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Writer:
Eric Roth (writer)
Release Date:
23 October 1987 (USA) more
Tagline:
No matter the cost, No matter the danger. They will find the truth.
Plot:
A judge commits suicide, and his secretary is found murdered. A homeless deaf-mute man, Carl Anderson is arrested for her murder... more | add synopsis
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(2 articles)
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Well-done, but not as tense as it should have been. more (33 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Cher | ... | Kathleen Riley |
 | Dennis Quaid | ... | Eddie Sanger |
 | Liam Neeson | ... | Carl Wayne Anderson |
 | John Mahoney | ... | Judge Matthew Bishop Helms |
 | Joe Mantegna | ... | Charlie Stella |
 | Philip Bosco | ... | Paul Gray |
 | E. Katherine Kerr | ... | Grace Comisky |
 | Fred Melamed | ... | Morty Rosenthal |
| Lisbeth Bartlett | ... | Marilyn |
| Paul D'Amato | ... | Michael |
| Bernie McInerney | ... | Walter |
| Thomas Barbour | ... | Justice Lowell |
| Katie O'Hare | ... | Elizabeth Quinn |
 | Rosemary Knower | ... | Justice Lowell's Secretary |
| Aaron Schwartz | ... | Forensic Pathologist |
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121 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:PG | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | New Zealand:R13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:12
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Revealing mistakes: After Ms. Riley questions the forensic witness, she turns to walk back to her chair and calls out "Carl". Carl immediately looks toward her even though his character is deaf. more
Quotes:
Kathleen Riley: I spend all of my day with murders and rapists, and what's really crazy, I like them. more
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Referenced in Reflections on Golden Pond (2003) (V) more
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A reasonably well-done courtroom/mystery thriller, directed and acted with professionalism. However, it lacks the required tension. The library scene, played in total silence, is the only really tense one in the movie. The film is also marred by the abrupt finale.