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Title: From the Hip (1987)
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| Judd Nelson | ... | Robin 'Stormy' Weathers | |
| Elizabeth Perkins | ... | Jo Ann | |
| John Hurt | ... | Douglas Benoit | |
| Darren McGavin | ... | Craig Duncan | |
| Dan Monahan | ... | Larry | |
| David Alan Grier | ... | Steve Hadley | |
| Nancy Marchand | ... | Roberta Winnaker | |
| Allan Arbus | ... | Phil Ames | |
| Edward Winter | ... | Raymond Torkenson | |
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Richard Zobel | ... | Matt Cowens |
| Ray Walston | ... | 1st Judge | |
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Robert Irvin Elliott | ... | Scott Murray |
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Beatrice Winde | ... | 2nd Judge |
| Art Hindle | ... | Lt. Matt Sosha | |
| Priscilla Pointer | ... | Mrs. Martha Williams | |
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Apprentice lawyer Robin "Stormy" Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must re-examine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is apparently guilty of murder. Written by Scott Minkin <sminkin@bbn.com>
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The way he practices law should be a crime. See more »Parents Guide:
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Television Producer Steven Bochco hired Writer David E. Kelley to write for his series L.A. Law (1986), after reading this script. See more »Goofs
The courtroom set up is wrong. Benoit, Weathers, and the defense team sit near the jury box. In any criminal trial in Massachusetts the prosecution is seated near the jury, the defense on the opposite side. See more »Quotes
Douglas Benoit: Let me explain something to you, Mr. Weathers. Through the vicissitudes of wholly gratuitous genetic accidents, I was visited with extremely high intelligence. I was further blessed - or burdened, as it were - with certain physical traits that would suggest, shall we say, "good breeding." Now, in this proletarian stew which we laughingly call society, these attributes are not always advantageous.See more »
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6 February 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$2,645,437, 8 February 1987Gross USA:
$9,518,342Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Don't listen to the negative reviews or nay sayers. Decide for yourself the way we did. Judd Nelson is terrific in this entertaining movie. There should've have been a sequel but unfortunately just like many other terrific movies the studio didn't market this movie AT ALL. From opening to the end you're interested in the story and colorful well written characters. Trust me -- it's a truly entertaining movie in the tradition of all of the other brat pack movies. The script is clever and the pacing swift. The movie keeps you involved and the actors never miss a beat. Nelson and Perkins have chemistry and let's hope they do another movie some day.