There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.
Two carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who has just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!
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Cast
- Ralph MacchioBill Gambini
- Joe PesciVinny Gambini
- Marisa TomeiMona Lisa Vito
- Mitchell WhitfieldStan Rothenstein
- Fred GwynneJudge Chamberlain Haller
- Lane SmithJim Trotter III
- Austin PendletonJohn Gibbons
- Bruce McGillSheriff Farley
- Maury ChaykinSam Tipton
- Paulene MyersConstance Riley
Crew
- Jonathan LynnDirector
- Dale LaunerScreenplay
- Peter DemingDirector of Photography
- Randy EdelmanOriginal Music Composer
- Stephen E. RivkinEditor
- Tony LombardoEditor
- Paul SchiffProducer
- Dale LaunerProducer
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