Nuts (1987)

116 min · Drama, Thriller, drama film, trial film

Popularity4/5

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Directors

Martin Ritt

Cast

Barbra Streisand, Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen Stapleton, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach, Leslie Nielsen

The story

When call girl Claudia Draper kills client Allen Green in self-defense, her mother Rose and stepfather Arthur Kirk attempt to have her declared mentally incompetent by Dr. Herbert Morrison in order to avoid a public scandal. Claudia knows that if her parents succeed, she will be remanded to a mental institution indefinitely, so she is determined to prove she is sane enough to stand trial.

Catalogue themes and tags

1980s, Callgirl, Child Abuse, Daughter, Ermordung, Family Secrets, Kunde, Manhattan, Mental Incapacity, Parents Kids Relationship, Prozess, Psychoanalysis, Self-Defense, Strong Woman, Suppressed Past, Vernehmung, Crime Fiction, Musical, Drama, Courtroom Drama

Genres

Drama, Thriller, drama film, trial film

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