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Status
Released
Release
1979
Runtime
1h 59m
Available options inUS
"Once in a while someone fights back."
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.
50 Cast Members
Al Pacino
Arthur Kirkland
Jack Warden
Judge Francis Rayford
John Forsythe
Judge Henry T. Fleming
Lee Strasberg
Grandpa Sam
Christine Lahti
Gail Packer
Craig T. Nelson
Frank Bowers
Jeffrey Tambor
Jay Porter
Sam Levene
Arnie
Robert Christian
Ralph Agee
Thomas G. Waites
Jeff McCullaugh
Larry Bryggman
Warren Fresnell
Dominic Chianese
Carl Travers
Victor Arnold
Leo Fauci
Vincent Beck
Officer Leary
Michael Gorrin
Elderly Man
Baxter Harris
Larry
Joe Morton
Prison Doctor
Alan North
Deputy Sheriff
Tom Quinn
Desk Clerk Kiley
Beverly Sanders
Sherry
