Film

...And Justice for All 1979

Directed by Norman Jewison

  • Drama
  • 119 min
  • R

Once in a while someone fights back.

An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.

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  • Sexual violence

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Character

Classical in form, grave, earnest and bleak.

  • classical in formformally daring
  • gravecomic
  • earnestironic
  • warmbleak
  • cooloverwhelming

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