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Director:
Sidney J. Furie
Writers:
Marc Lynn (writer)
Jeffrey M. Rosenbaum (writer)
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Release Date:
28 May 1999 (Spain) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller | Romance more
Plot:
A lawyer has to defend his lover who's blamed for a murder he has commited himself... full summary | add synopsis
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Can a lawyer tell the truth? more (5 total)

Cast

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Marlee Matlin ... Jane Claire

Michael Dudikoff ... Andrew Garfield
Daniel Pilon ... Robert St. Laurent
David Attis ... Jeffrey Fishman
Steven Morgan ... John Danforth
Robbie O'Neill ... Frank Rutter
Doug Sutherland ... Noby Claire
John Ball ... Mark Micka
Rob Pinnock ... Ernest Biles
Robert A. Doherty ... Judge Eurico
Maurice Arsenault ... Serge Richard
Eric Thériault ... Claude Martin
Cliff Turner ... Michael Wheelock
Yves Turbide ... Concierge
Shawn Ekstrom ... Sean
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
In Self Defense (Canada: English title)
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:12 | South Korea:18 | UK:15 | Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Company:
Les Films St-Paul Inc. more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Can a lawyer tell the truth?, 17 March 2006
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Author: phbalanced

A "chance meeting" between a wealthy and beautiful but deaf woman and a struggling single family lawyer leads to a torrid affair when the woman learns how much wealth she could accumulate should she leave her abusive husband. Drama and suspense film set in the beautiful province of New Brunswick, in east coast Canada with Michael Dudikoff, well known for his leading roles in action and martial arts films, playing the role of defense lawyer Andrew Garfield.

Refreshing change to see Dudikoff in this role and he plays it well, as a man in love with a mysterious woman, who is a suspect in the murder of her husband. Film is actually set in Canadian courts with references to the Crown, and the lawyers appear in black robes and white neck tabs, a setting which differs from the American courts. Small blooper in one scene approximately 30 minutes into the movie, a police van with a logo "New Brunswick Sheriff" appears at the scene of the crime. In Canada, I don't think there are sheriffs. Provincial and federal levels of crime enforcement including the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police).

Excellent tale of deception that questions a lawyer's ethics vs. his or her personal feelings.

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