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Genre: Drama / Thriller / Crime /  more » Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 1 nomination  more » User Ratings: 7.3 (15,081 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.  more »

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Filmmakers: Norman Jewison - Director / Producer, Valerie Curtin - Writer, Barry Levinson - Writer, Patrick Palmer¹ - Producer, Victor J. Kemper - Cinematographer, Dave Grusin - Composer, Richard MacDonald¹ - Production Designer, John F. Burnett - Editor  more »

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	Jack Warden ... Judge Francis Rayford	5,985
	John Forsythe ... Judge Henry T. Fleming	6,977
	Lee Strasberg ... Grandpa Sam	12,418
	Jeffrey Tambor ... Jay Porter	1,569