A district attorney out for a conviction. A new lawyer out of her league. A young boy who knew too much.
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Brad RenfroMark Sway
- Susan SarandonReggie Love
- Tommy Lee JonesRoy Foltrigg
- Mary-Louise ParkerDianne Sway
- Anthony LaPagliaBarry Muldano
- Bradley WhitfordThomas Fink
- Will PattonSergeant Hardy
- Anthony EdwardsClint Von Hooser
- J.T. WalshJason McThune
- Anthony HealdLarry Trumann
Crew
- Joel SchumacherDirector
- Akiva GoldsmanScreenplay
- Robert GetchellScreenplay
- John GrishamNovel
- Tony Pierce-RobertsDirector of Photography
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
- Robert BrownEditor
- Arnon MilchanProducer
- Steven ReutherProducer
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