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Rebecca De Mornay, Don Johnson, Stephen Lang, Jack Warden, Dana Ivey ... see more see more... , Ron White , Norma Dell'Agnese , Sean McCann , Luis Guzman , Denis Akiyama , Harvey Atkin , Chris Benson , James Blendick , Tom Butler , Lynne Cormack , Lili Francks , John Kapelos , Gene Mack , Tom McCamus , Jack Newman , Sandi Ross , Anthony Sherwood , Lynn Stalmaster , Tom Quinn , Stuart Aikins , Melanie Nicholls-King , Robert Kennedy

Sidney Lumet directed this Larry Cohen-scripted courtroom procedural that owes more than it should to Jagged Edge. Jennifer Haines (Rebecca De Mornay), one of the top female lawyers in the country and... read more read more... flush from the success of defending a gangster, has a new client to defend. A suave ladies man in an Armani suit, David Greenhill (Don Johnson) has come to solicit Jennifer's services. It seems that his rich socialite wife has been pushed to her death through an open window, and David stands to inherit a very large fortune. Needless to say, David is a prime suspect in his wife's murder. David admits to Jennifer the he is a womanizer and an oily manipulator, but nevertheless Jennifer decides to take his case as a challenge -- as she puts it: "People who are guilty are rarely this blunt." The result is an intricate chess game between Jennifer and David as they manipulate events, other people, and each other in order to determine the guilt or innocence of the playboy widower. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Release Date: June 4, 1993

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DVD Release Date: July 1, 2003

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  • jam233
    June 20, 2010
    jam233
    I liked this better than I probably should have, I am partial to courtroom dramas, perhaps also it was Sidney Lumet?s direction. Don Johnson is quite good and well cast. Rebecca DeMornay is fair, she does the job but doesn?t stand out. I did find it suspenseful and I never lost i... read morenterest. It had the expected twists,and it did go a little too far with the story. Otherwise, good story.

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Dennis Schwartz
May 3, 2011
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

It sure looks like a TV movie. Full Review

Chuck O'Leary
March 4, 2006
Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com

One of the good "yuppies-in-jeopardy" thrillers that were so prevalent in the early 1990s.

Kevin Carr
February 10, 2005
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

Don Johnson proves he stinks as a movie star.

Rob Thomas
July 7, 2004
Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Johnson's sort of good, surprisingly, but this is just expensive trash.

Scott Weinberg
July 26, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

Almost succeeds as a high-camp hoot ... but not quite.

David N. Butterworth
January 1, 2000
David N. Butterworth, rec.arts.movies.reviews

Probably worth seeing on a slow night, but only if you want to keep things that way. Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
September 7, 2011
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

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Lawrence Cohn
March 26, 2009
Lawrence Cohn, Variety

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Janet Maslin
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times

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Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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