...and justice for all. Page #2

Synopsis: When a judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland is forced to defend him. Kirkland has had problems with the judge in the past, including one incident when the judge wrongly sentenced his client Jeff McCullaugh because of a technicality. Kirkland faces a moral and legal dilemma.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Norman Jewison
Production: Columbia Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
R
Year:
1979
119 min
3,493 Views


Very nice. Colts fan.

I need Colts? Terrific, Wenke.

Then you do know?

The big white house?

With the fat columns out in front

on Greenway Avenue?

Guess how much that house is worth.

- I don't know.

- Take a guess.

Seven million.

Now that's some nut I've got, huh?

I just need some more accident cases.

I ought to throw banana peels around.

Recess is almost over,

and I only have this lottery case...

Did you knowthere's a guy

eating something off your table?

The guy you're prosecuting.

He's eating the lottery tickets.

Holy sh*t!

Gibson, get the hell away!

- Don't swallow, you son of a b*tch!

- That's my client!

Don't swallow!

Gentlemen, need I remind you

you are in a court of law?

Now let's proceed

in an orderly fashion.

What the hell are you doing?

Does the defence have

anything to add?

Your Honour...

I guess I should request a recess -

- so my client could get something

to eat. He's obviously very hungry.

My client, McCullaugh.

Could I see him for a minute?

Sure, Mr Kirkland.

Stick your hand out.

Mr Kirkland, what happened?

I just want to reaffirm what I said

yesterday. We'll get you out.

I knowyou're trying,

but this is crazy, you know?.

I know it.

You said you had evidence

that proves I'm innocent.

- Yes, you're innocent.

- And Judge Fleming agrees, right?

If everyone agrees I'm innocent,

why am I going back to jail?

There's enough proof,

but the court won't accept it.

- Why not?

- Well, there's a law...

It says that evidence must be submitted

within a certain time period.

And ours came in three days late.

What difference does that make?

Even if it came in three years late.

They've got the proofthey need.

They should let me go.

The judge sends me to jail and he knows

I'm innocent. What's going on?

It's gonna take more time.

Any otherjudge would let you out.

But Fleming goes

by the letter ofthe law.

Jeff, I promise I'll get you out.

I promise.

He promises to get you out.

Don't worry.

Judge Fleming.

I want to apologise for my behaviour

in the courtroom the other day.

I don't want to hear it.

I don't want to hear anything.

That's understandable, sir.

But I thought maybe we could

discuss this McCullaugh case.

You and l, man to man.

Off the record.

Ifyou try to make a deal with me,

you might wind up back in jail.

A deal? No, sir.

I'm not trying to make a deal.

I understand your strict

enforcement of the statute.

But my client's constitutional rights

are being denied.

- My client is innocent.

- I don't give a sh*t about your client.

Hi, Sherry.

- Hi, Mr Kirkland.

- Mrs Tate, how are you?

He'll be right with you.

- Boy, do you look tired.

- Coffee, please.

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Valerie Curtin

Valerie Curtin (born March 31, 1945) is an American actress and screenwriter. more…

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