Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of murder.
Acting
John Hurt elevates everything he touches, even this mess.
Direction
Bob Clark's tonal whiplash is accidentally fascinating.
Writing
The impotence metaphor is... a choice.
Director
Bob Clark
Judd Nelson
Robin "Stormy" Weathers
Elizabeth Perkins
Jo Ann
John Hurt
Douglas Benoit
Darren McGavin
Craig Duncan
Dan Monahan
Larry
David Alan Grier
Steve Hadley
Nancy Marchand
Roberta Winnaker
Allan Arbus
Phil Ames
Edward Winter
Raymond Torkenson
Ray Walston
1st Judge
Beatrice Winde
2nd Judge
Art Hindle
Lt. Matt Sosha
Priscilla Pointer
Mrs. Martha Williams
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bob Clark directed this between Porky's Revenge and Baby Geniuses, making this his 'serious' phase. Elizabeth Perkins' first major film role.
This bombed because audiences wanted Nelson as a rebel, not a yuppie. The 80s legal thriller boom collapsed months after release.
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