RATINGS: IMDB ― 8.210, Rotten Tomatoes ― 100%, ME ― 80%
Rusty Sabich: Sandy, how did you know what was behind Larren's fear of the B File?
Sandy Stern: Ahh, you question the judge's integrity?
Rusty Sabich: With good reason, wouldn't you say? You knew that file didn't have a damn thing to do with my case and yet you let Larren know you'd drag it in at any opportunity. That it would come out he was taking bribes. That Carolyn was the courier. You blackmailed him, Sandy.
Rusty Sabich: We speak now, tonight, and then these things are never spoken of again, agreed? Larren's divorce left him in a state of disorder. He was drinking much too heavily and he fell into a relationship with a beautiful, but uh, self-serving woman. The fact is, Larren grew suicidally depressed. He wanted to resign his post. Raymond Horgan talked talked him out of it.
Rusty Sabich: Raymond knew he was taking bribes?
Sandy Stern: Larren told him. Raymond cleaned up the North side and he also rescued a distinguished mind and career that does honor to the bench. I believe Larren today did what he thought was just. You tell me, Rusty. Was justice done?
Trivia (From IMDB):
Kevin Costner and Robert Redford turned down the role of Rusty Sabich.
Near the beginning, Harrison Ford sits down at a computer to review case files. Most of the defendants listed for various sex-related crimes are actually members of the crew on the film.
Before the book was released in August 1987, producer Sydney Pollack purchased the rights to the film for 1 million dollars.
Paul Winfield read the novel in the late 80s and loved it, telling his agent if a movie was ever made, he had to have the role of the judge. A few years later when the movie was actually in preproduction, Winfield campaigned hard for the part of the judge, impressing director Alan J. Pakula, who auditioned him and subsequently cast him.
The ending was given away in an episode of The Kids in the Hall (1988).
John Spencer (Det. Liprazer), Bradley Whitford (Jamie Kemp) and Jesse Bradford (Nat Sabich) would go on to star together in The West Wing (1999).
One of a cycle of thrillers made during the early 1990s which were set around husband and wife characters. The films include Malice (1993), Deceived (1991), Shattered (1991), Mortal Thoughts (1991), Consenting Adults (1992), Unlawful Entry (1992), Presumed Innocent (1990), Guilty as Sin (1993), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) and A Kiss Before Dying (1991).
First cinema feature of Jeffrey Wright.
A house used for the interior and exterior settings for the Sabich residence is located in Allendale, New Jersey.
Lt. Carolyn Palamas (pronounced Pohlemus) was the name of the female love interest in the Star Trek (1966) episode "Who Mourns for Adonis?"
The courtroom featured in the film was built in the back lot.
A brief clip of a courtroom scene is shown in the film Ghosts of Mississippi (1996).
Trivia (From IMDB):
Kevin Costner and Robert Redford turned down the role of Rusty Sabich.
Near the beginning, Harrison Ford sits down at a computer to review case files. Most of the defendants listed for various sex-related crimes are actually members of the crew on the film.
Before the book was released in August 1987, producer Sydney Pollack purchased the rights to the film for 1 million dollars.
Paul Winfield read the novel in the late 80s and loved it, telling his agent if a movie was ever made, he had to have the role of the judge. A few years later when the movie was actually in preproduction, Winfield campaigned hard for the part of the judge, impressing director Alan J. Pakula, who auditioned him and subsequently cast him.
The ending was given away in an episode of The Kids in the Hall (1988).
John Spencer (Det. Liprazer), Bradley Whitford (Jamie Kemp) and Jesse Bradford (Nat Sabich) would go on to star together in The West Wing (1999).
One of a cycle of thrillers made during the early 1990s which were set around husband and wife characters. The films include Malice (1993), Deceived (1991), Shattered (1991), Mortal Thoughts (1991), Consenting Adults (1992), Unlawful Entry (1992), Presumed Innocent (1990), Guilty as Sin (1993), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) and A Kiss Before Dying (1991).
First cinema feature of Jeffrey Wright.
A house used for the interior and exterior settings for the Sabich residence is located in Allendale, New Jersey.
Lt. Carolyn Palamas (pronounced Pohlemus) was the name of the female love interest in the Star Trek (1966) episode "Who Mourns for Adonis?"
The courtroom featured in the film was built in the back lot.
A brief clip of a courtroom scene is shown in the film Ghosts of Mississippi (1996).
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