A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
Acting
Macy's nervous breakdown energy is unmatched.
Writing
Scott Turow adaptation with actual teeth.
Production
Made-for-TV budget, theatrical ambition.
Director
Mike Robe
Tom Selleck
Larry Starczek
William H. Macy
Arthur Raven
Monica Potter
Muriel Wynn
Felicity Huffman
Gillian Sullivan
James Rebhorn
Erno Erdai
Glenn Plummer
Romeo "Squirrel" Gandolf
Shemar Moore
Collins Farwell
Yanna McIntosh
Genevieve Carriere
Nigel Bennett
Talmadge Loman
David Fox
Judge Harlow
Gerry Mendicino
Gus Leonidas
Allan Royal
O'Grady
Robert Verlaque
Dickerman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of TNT's 'Mystery Movie Night' franchise, where networks still believed adults would watch 3-hour dramas.
Made during the peak of anti-death-penalty activism in pop culture; the 2002 Illinois moratorium on executions haunts every frame.
US
