A Courtroom Drama

For the Defense (1930) Movies

Posted by Notsaint at Aug. 26, 2015

An attorney, who specializes in springing criminals out of prison, is faced with a moral dilemma when his girlfriend drunkenly kills a pedestrian with her car and another man takes the blame.

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12 Angry Men (1957) [The Criterion Collection #591] Movies

Posted by AvaxAnoosh at June 24, 2013

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case of murder soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other. Based on the play, all of the action takes place on the stage of the jury room.

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The Defense Rests (1934) Movies

Posted by ChumPaa at Nov. 11, 2015

A sleazy lawyer is the focus of this courtroom drama. His favorite technique is to teach his female clients how to use their bodies provocatively in court to sway the jury. Without a doubt, his methods are successful. Unfortunately, his female assistant is offended by the tactics and threatens to expose him. Instead she falls in love with him. She uses her own feminine wiles to get him to stop it.

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Blind Justice / Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit (1961) Movies

Posted by fekmax at Nov. 22, 2016

This tale of courtroom drama, espionage, and Peter van Eyck being super cool as usual casts our lead as a District Attorney becomes deeply involved in a murder case after the suspect produces a surprise witness.

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The Rainmaker (1997) Special Collector's Edition Movies

Posted by Efgrapha at June 5, 2015

Francis Ford Coppola is both scripter and director of this drama adapted from the John Grisham novel about broke, inexperienced Memphis law-school graduate Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon), ready to take any job he can find. Signing on with slimy Bruiser Stone (Mickey Rourke), he learns ambulance-chasing tactics from Bruiser's leg man Deck Schifflet (Danny DeVito) and meets battered teen Kelly Riker (Claire Danes), abused by her husband (Andrew Shue). Baylor has his own clients – friendly Miss Birdie (Teresa Wright), who has a large estate to dispose of, and desperate Dot Black (Mary Kay Place), whose son Donnie Ray (Johnny Whitworth) has terminal leukemia. Medical intervention could have spared his life, but the Great Benefit Insurance Company denied coverage, preventing Donnie Ray from getting a life-saving bone marrow transplant. Rudy finds a place to live in the apartment behind Miss Birdie's house. Deck and Rudy split from Bruiser to start their small firm. When they take on the Blacks' case, they go up against the insurance company's high-priced law firm and are continually thwarted by slick lawyer Leo F. Drummond (Jon Voight).

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Brother of Darkness (1994) Movies

Posted by NTDIAM at Nov. 16, 2010

A man kills his brother. Was it an act of cold blooded murder or self defense? Based on a controversial murder trial in Hong Kong, this courtroom drama depicts the conflicts and abuse of two brothers leading to the imminent murder. The whole family is afraid of Wah, and with good reason. He threatens to kill his parents if the don’t open the door right now, throws his wife onto the bed (which she doesn’t seem to mind), beats up anyone whenever he feels like it, snorts cocaine, renders his younger brother Toh impotent by a well-aimed punch, sexually assaults Toh’s girlfriend Jenny, and even rapes his ageing mother. And just in case you fail to pick up on this guy being a complete demonic bastard, he rams home the point by yelling almost all the time, laughing manically, and singing about drugs and sex as he indulges. (Subtle it ain’t !) All of which is told in staggered flashbacks during a murder trial. There is some tension early on, but this completely evaporates when it becomes clear that the deceased is the completely-evil Wah. After that, you can be assured that nobody would find guilty the tormented younger brother Toh, who stands accused. Even the prosecutor seems more interested in making eyes at the defence.

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Alleged (2010) Movies

Posted by JingleWay at Nov. 11, 2011

Alleged (2010)
720p BluRay Rip | MKV | 1280 x 720 | x264 @ 5 157 Kbps | 1h 33mn | 4.37 GB
Audio: English DTS 5.1 @ 1 510 kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama, History, Romance | USA

Some lies just have to be told.

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Cause Celebre (1987) Movies

Posted by lococapriccio at Oct. 11, 2014

Helen Mirren gives a searing performance alongside David Morrissey in this powerful adaptation of Terence Rattigan's radio and stage play.

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Advise and Consent (1962) Movies

Posted by Someonelse at July 11, 2012

Robert Leffingwell is the president's candidate for Secretary of State. Prior to his approval, he must first go through a Senate investigation to determine if he's qualified. Leading the Senate committee is idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, who soon finds himself unprepared for the political dirt that's revealed, including Leffingwell's past affiliations with a Communist organization. When Leffingwell testifies about his political leanings, he proves his innocence. Later, however, Anderson learns that he lied under oath and even asks the president to withdraw Leffingwell for consideration, especially after the young senator begins receiving blackmail threats about a skeleton in his own closet.

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And Justice For All (1979) [Repost] Movies

Posted by edi1967 at Jan. 16, 2013

And Justice For All (1979)
…und Gerechtigkeit für Alle - Justice pour tous - …e giustizia per tutti - Justicia para todos
A Film by Norman Jewison
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 2.40:1 | 16:9 | 720x576 | 01:54:19 | 5% recovery | 6.11 GB
Languages Available: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish 2.0 AC3
Subtitle: German, English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Czech, Danish
Finnish, Greek, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish
Extra: Scene Selection, Menù, Theatrical Trailer, Director's Commentary, Profiles
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime | Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Arthur Kirkland (Al Pacino) is a hotheaded but idealistic young defense attorney in Baltimore. As the film opens, he is in jail on a charge of contempt of court for having thrown a punch at judge Henry T. Fleming (John Forsythe) while arguing the case of an innocent defendant, Jeff McCullaugh (Thomas G. Waites), who was stopped for a minor…

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