An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.
Acting
Pacino's volcanic closing argument — cinema's greatest 'I'm out of order?' moment.
Writing
Screenplay by Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin, inspired by real Baltimore corruption.
Director
Norman Jewison
Al Pacino
Arthur Kirkland
Jack Warden
Judge Francis Rayford
John Forsythe
Judge Henry T. Fleming
Lee Strasberg
Grandpa Sam
Christine Lahti
Gail Packer
Craig T. Nelson
Frank Bowers
Jeffrey Tambor
Jay Porter
Sam Levene
Arnie
Robert Christian
Ralph Agee
Thomas G. Waites
Jeff McCullaugh
Larry Bryggman
Warren Fresnell
Dominic Chianese
Carl Travers
Victor Arnold
Leo Fauci
Vincent Beck
Officer Leary
Michael Gorrin
Elderly Man
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'I'm out of order?' speech was largely improvised — Pacino's theatrical training exploding on set.
Released post-Watergate, it channels America's institutional distrust; Levinson later said they wrote it 'pissed off about everything.'
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