A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
Acting
Roberts and Washington's chemistry without a single kiss—radical restraint.
Direction
Pakula's final film, mastering the slow-burn dread he invented.
Production
New Orleans locations so humid you can practically taste the gumbo.
Director
Alan J. Pakula
Julia Roberts
Darby Shaw
Denzel Washington
Gray Grantham
Sam Shepard
Thomas Callahan
John Heard
Gavin Vereek
Tony Goldwyn
Fletcher Coal
James B. Sikking
Denton Voyles
William Atherton
Bob Gminski
Robert Culp
The President
Stanley Tucci
Khamel
Hume Cronyn
Justice Rosenberg
John Lithgow
Smith Keen
Anthony Heald
Marty Velmano
Nicholas Woodeson
Stump
Stanley Anderson
Edwin Sneller
John Finn
Matthew Barr
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Grisham sold the film rights before the novel was even published for $1.75 million, one of the largest such deals ever at the time.
This was one of Hollywood's first major attempts to pair a Black male lead with a white female lead without a romance subplot—a deliberate choice by Washington who'd faced backlash for interracial on-screen relationships.
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RIP Hume Cronyn (July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003), aged 91 RIP Alan J. Pakula (April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998), aged 70 RIP Robert Culp (August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010), aged 79 RIP Sam Shepard (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017), aged 73 RIP John Heard (March 7, 1946 – July 21, 2017), aged 71 You will be remembered as legends.
@LPJack02 2
Exellant movie the Italian played his roll to a tea what a vantasick actor
@rickwaldron4255 2
My favourite Julia Roberts film alongside sleeping with the enemy, her thriller films were her best ones
@SunnySlick 1
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