Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Rob Lowe | ... | Richard Dice | |
Colleen Camp | ... | Molly Gilbert | |
Kenneth Mars | ... | Hal B. Keeler | |
Kim Myers | ... | Suzanne Keeler | |
Marshall Colt | ... | Donald Cleary | |
Harry Carey Jr. | ... | Wally Finnegan | |
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George Morfogen | ... | Judge Norman Meckel |
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Linda MacEwen | ... | Ruth Harrison |
Rick Jason | ... | Freddie Boneflecker | |
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Jessica James | ... | Mrs. Evelyn Dice |
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Ira Heiden | ... | Andrew Dice |
Tony Longo | ... | Konrat | |
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Howard Hirdler | ... | Harry Crumrine |
Louise Stratten | ... | Sharon Woolrich (as L.B. Straten) | |
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David Reeves | ... | Arnie (Blackmailer) |
Called up for jury duty, Richard Dice finds his first crush and only real, but unrequited love, on trial for murder. Richard desperately tries to prove Mollys innocence while untangling a complicated web of murder, blackmail and perjury, and still trying to win over the girl of his dreams. Written by Anonymous
When Rob Lowe decided to wear his glasses for real in this film (in real life he's quite nearsighted) I think it was his and director Peter Bogdanovich's homage to Cary Grant in Bringing Up Baby. Would that Bogdanovich had as good material as Howard Hawks had with Grant and Katharine Hepburn.
Rob's a near do well here, living at home with mother Jessica James and brother Ira Heiden and sometimes whomever mom's current boyfriend is, in this case it's Harry Carey, Jr. in one of his very few roles not in a western. Rob gets a jury duty notice and like most of us, he considers it one royal pain. But when he's chosen for the jury trial of Colleen Camp it's an opportunity he's been waiting for since grade school. Back in those childhood years he was crushing out on Camp big time and now she's on trial for attempted murder.
I wrote a review for 12 Angry Men in which I said the film was flawed because of what Henry Fonda did, going to the accused's neighborhood and buying a switchblade similar to the murder weapon. That was absolutely nothing compared to what Lowe does while he's not deliberating on the evidence to prove the object of his affection is innocent.
The film has its moments, but I'd have to say it was more silly than funny. Colleen Camp is not quite Katharine Hepburn, though Lowe does give a good try at a Cary Grant type comedy part.
Still fans of Rob Lowe will like it.