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...And Justice for All. (1979)

119 min · Drama, Forensic, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, comedy drama, crime film, drama film, trial film

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A defense attorney is forced to represent a judge he loathes in a case involving a brutal assault.

First release year
1979
Runtime (minutes)
119
Production countries
United States
Original languages
English
Directors
Norman Jewison
Writers
Valerie Curtin · writer; Barry Levinson · writer
Cast and characters
Al Pacino · Arthur Kirkland; Jack Warden; John Forsythe; Lee Strasberg; Jeffrey Tambor; Christine Lahti; Craig T. Nelson; Thomas Waites
Genres
legal drama
Reported review scores
Rotten Tomatoes · score: 78%; Metacritic · score: 58 · scale: 100; Zagat · score: 23 · scale: 30; Empire magazine · score: 3 · scale: 5
Catalogue themes and tags

Abuse of Power, Star-Rechtsanwalt, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Comedy-drama, Mystery, Satire, Drama, Comedy, Legal drama, Courtroom Drama, New Hollywood, Suspense

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