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1989 • 1h 45min • R • Crime, Drama

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"Someone got away with murder...until now."

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic prodding, Eddie reluctantly takes on a case of a young Korean man who, according to his mother, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he didn't commit.

IMDb 6.7

RT 95%

MC 64

Director

Joseph Ruben

Writer

Wesley Strick

Composer

Brad Fiedel

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James Woods

Eddie Dodd

Robert Downey Jr.

Roger Baron

Margaret Colin

Kitty Greer

Yuji Okumoto

Shu Kai Kim

Kurtwood Smith

Robert Reynard

Tom Bower

Cecil Skell

Luis Guzmán

Ortega

Graham Beckel

Sklaroff

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Robert Downey Jr. Roger Baron

Margaret Colin Kitty Greer

Yuji Okumoto Shu Kai Kim

Kurtwood Smith Robert Reynard

Tom Bower Cecil Skell

Luis Guzmán Ortega

Graham Beckel Sklaroff

Sully Diaz Maraquilla Esparza

Woody Harrelson Man in Dodd's office

Miguel Fernandes Art Esparza

Charles Hallahan Vincent Dennehy

John Snyder Chuckie Loeder

Joel Polis Dean Rabin

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