Overview
Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael Dennison of having diverted public funds for his own use.
Director and cast
- Harold French Director
- Eric Portman as Sir John Dearing KC
- Anne Crawford as Lady Helen Brasted
- Hugh Williams as Lord Arthur Brasted
- Michael Denison as Derek Waterhouse
- Nora Swinburne as Lady Dearing
- Raymond Lovell as Frank Mainwaring KC
- Claire Bloom as Mary Dearing
- Frank Cellier as The Judge
- Clive Morton as Mersel
- Maurice Denham as Johnson
More films
A Time to Kill (1996)
Crime · Drama · Thriller · R
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
- Runtime
- 2h 29m
- Director
- Joel Schumacher
- Cast
- Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson
Afterwards (2008)
Drama · Mystery · Thriller · R
Newly divorced lawyer Nathan Del Amico is shaken up after he meets a doctor who claims that he can sense when select people are about to die. Though he doesn't believe the doctor, events in Nathan's life slowly make him think he's not long for this world.
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Director
- Gilles Bourdos
- Cast
- John Malkovich, Romain Duris, Evangeline Lilly
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Adventure · Comedy · Drama · R
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an od...
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Director
- Terry Gilliam
- Cast
- Johnny Depp, Benicio del Toro, Tobey Maguire
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Drama · Approved
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candida...
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Director
- Stanley Kramer
- Cast
- Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly
The Sea Inside (2004)
Drama · PG-13
Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ram...
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Director
- Alejandro Amenábar
- Cast
- Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Comments
Talk about the film with other members