"Law & Order" Coming Down Hard (2004)

Director:

Richard Dobbs

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator)
Davey Holmes (writer)

TV Series:

"Law & Order" (1990)

Original Air Date:

6 October 2004 (Season 15, Episode 4)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Drama

Plot:

Two student suicides are connected to a university drug study. The investigation uncovers that the pharmaceutical company that commissioned the study may have known about adverse side-effects, but tried to cover it up. |

Plot Keywords:

Attorney | Detective | Police | District Attorney | Evidence

Cast

Dennis Farina	...	Detective Joe Fontana
Jesse L. Martin	...	Detective Ed Green
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Lt. Anita Van Buren
Sam Waterston	...	Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
Elisabeth Röhm	...	A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn
Fred Dalton Thompson	...	D.A. Arthur Branch
Boyd Gaines	...	James Rillard
Philip Goodwin	...	Dr. Russell Toomey
Amy Hohn	...	Laura Dixon
Leslie Hendrix	...	Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
Robert Sella	...	Colin Reese
Michael Mulheren	...	Judge Harrison Taylor
Peter Strauss	...	Dr. Paul Cedars
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kevin Alexander	...	Sergeant Patterson
Sherry Anderson	...	Anne Jenlow
Robin Baxter	...	Marissa Spencer
Ross Bickell	...	Bob Schubert
Kim Director	...	Young Female Undercover Cop
Anthony Fazio	...	Terry Lipsky
Kate Hampton	...	Jessica Heras
Jesse Hooker	...	James
Ed Jewett	...	Restaurant Manager
Wynter Kullman	...	Karen Coleman
Carol Maillard	...	Mrs. Cameron (as Carol Lynn Maillard)
George McDaniel	...	Phil Spencer
Boris McGiver	...	Hjalmar Forskerskoler
Liz Morton	...	Stephanie Lawson
Kathleen O'Grady	...	Amy Forthman
Roscoe Orman	...	Mr. Cameron
Jane C. Pejtersen	...	Denise
David Rhee	...	Daniel Kim (as David E. Rhee)
Bess Rous	...	Carolyn Marello
Rob Leo Roy	...	Adam Jacobs
Katy Louise Saunders	...	Naomi (as Kate Sanders)
Katie C. Sparer	...	Mrs. Marello
Adam Stein	...	Assistant M.E. Cantor
Wass Stevens	...	Detective Philips (as Wass M. Stevens)
Todd Wall	...	CSU Shea

Runtime:

Netherlands:45 min (approx.)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Company:

Kaledo Productions

Trivia:

A ''ripped from the headlines'' episode inspired by the 2001 case of Kansas City pharmacist Robert R. Courtney. Courtney was sentenced in 2003 to 30 years in prison for diluting chemotherapy drugs to increase his profit margin. During his nine-year scam, as many as 4,200 patients received the diluted drugs.