Criminal Law
1989 · ★ 5.5 · Dir. Martin Campbell
A rising young attorney successfully defends a man accused of murder, only to have the same type of murder then happen again. Right away the previously defended man hires the attorney again, and although the attorney is quite certain that he is the killer, he agrees to again defend him... much to the consternation of his friends. However, he explains that by being his attorney he will be better able to catch the man in a mistake... and on this the rest of the film develops, with the killer playing a cat and mouse game with the attorney until, at last, they both must recognize that they are not all that different.
- Released
- 1989-04-28
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rated
- R
- Language
- EN
- Budget
- $5M
- Box office
- $10M
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Gary Oldman
Ben Chase
Kevin Bacon
Martin Thiel
Tess Harper
Detective Stillwell
Karen Young
Ellen Faulkner
Joe Don Baker
Detective Mesel
Sean McCann
Jacob Fischer
Ron Lea
Gary Hull
Michael Sinelnikoff
Professor Clemens
Karen Woolridge
Claudia Curwen
Ali Giron
Isabel Fuertes
Rob Roy
Ethan Parks
Terrence Labrosse
Judge
