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6.7/10   165 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Andy Wolk (written by)
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Release Date:
8 September 1990 (USA) more
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Plot:
Denise Moore is robbed and her face is slashed as she is leaving a crack house. At the police station... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
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Cast

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Forest Whitaker ... Jessie Williams

Anthony LaPaglia ... David Ringel

Rosie Perez ... Denise Moore

Jennifer Grey ... Liz Carter
Tony Todd ... Detective Riley

Saundra McClain ... Loretta Charles
Joe Lisi ... Detective Lane
Stephen Pearlman ... Judge Ratner
William Cameron ... Mitchell

Chuck Cooper ... Judge Whitney
Bill Dalzell ... Ratner's Clerk (as Bill Dalzell III)
Charles Sanders ... A.D.A. Crosley
Alex Coleman ... Bridge Man
Larry John Meyers ... Court Officer
Don Brockett ... Judge Mulino
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Runtime:
90 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Ramier Sellers was cast as the Drug Dealer while he was hanging around the set visiting his girlfriend, Rosie Perez. more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
The real deal, 27 December 2002
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Author: George Parker from Orange County, CA USA

"Criminal Justice" is a journeyman quasi-docudrama TV flick which takes the viewer step-by-step through the US criminal justice system from crime to punishment. The film breaks down the whole let's-make-a-deal process using a Brooklyn N.Y. robbery/assault case as an example in which the players are Whitaker as the accused; LaPaglia as the public defender; Perez as the victim; and Gray as the Asst. D.A. The film plays no favorites as it takes a didactic and dispassionate look at the problems facing both sides in a case where justice must be dispensed even though no one, including the audience, knows who committed the crime. "Criminal Justice" is an earnest project which is more interesting than entertaining and is worth a look by anyone with an interest in the title subject. (B-)

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