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Synopsis: A judge commits suicide, and his secretary is found murdered. A homeless deaf-mute man, Carl Anderson is arrested for her murder. Public defender Kathleen is assigned by the court as his lawyer. She sets to find the real killer, and gets help from the congressional advisor, Eddie Sanger who is called to be on the jury panel. Together they discover a dangerous circle of corruption in high places.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Peter Yates
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
69%
R
Year:
1987
121 min
552 Views


If you are, I've got better things

to do with my time.

Oh Jesus.

Get a doctor.

I couldn't read

your writing in some places.

I think I got most of it, -

- but I have to ask you

some more questions.

Carl?

Carl?

Carl!

Have you told me everything?

Have you told me everything?

Piece of cake.

Maybe it won't bother a jury that your

fingerprints were all over her body.

And, possibly, they won't mind

that you carried a big knife.

They'll probably understand.

She was dead anyway. Why not rob her?

And maybe I'll play quarterback

for the Redskins next season.

Tell me that you did it.

I'll ask the judge for mercy

and save us both a headache.

"Michael was there -

before me. "

Michael. Michael who?

And eyes?

What color were his eyes? Brown.

All right. And his hair?

Dark hair.

And how tall was Michael?

Medium.

He had a tattoo on his hand?

Is there anything more

about Michael?

Can you remember anything more?

Doctor's here. Come on.

Good evening, Louis, Ansel.

I hear you're up for an appointment

to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.

- Yes, I've heard those rumors.

- Don't bullshit a bullshitter.

They're more than rumors.

When's the announcement?

The president will make his choice known

by the end of the month.

That reminds me.

I'm scheduled to hear the Winslow trial.

It's gotta drag on into spring.

Would you consider making a change?

I'd like to clear my docket

in case the appointment comes through.

You're scheduled for -

- United States vs Anderson.

It looks pro forma.

Two weeks at the outside.

It'd make my life a lot simpler.

As a lifelong Democrat, I should do

my best to delay your appointment.

But, in the spirit of bipartisanship,

I don't have any problem with a change.

Excuse me, my prostate's shot.

Sitting on my ass too many years.

- Want a ride?

- No, thanks.

Okay

- Morty?

- Yeah?

I need some investigative help.

I can't do this one by myself.

We're a bit short-handed right now.

I know, but I've gotta find

a material witness.

Could this witness be a figment

of your client's imagination?

I don't know.

- Do you want a beer?

- Yeah, please.

- You think you could live without him?

- Yes, but my client can't.

I'll see if I can find you some money

for a private investigator.

- What if a witness doesn't materialize?

- Then it's a basic dog-and-pony show.

Circumstantial evidence.

We'll be dead in a week.

- Who's prosecuting?

- Some guy named Charlie Stella.

He's real hot sh*t in Baltimore. Wants

to be a senator after he's president.

Listen, Kath

Prosecution owes me a few.

How would you feel about

plea-bargaining to cut your losses?

My client has nothing to lose.

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Eric Roth

Eric Roth (born March 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump (1994). He also co-wrote the screenplays for several Oscar-nominated films: The Insider (1999), Munich (2005), and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). more…

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