Cast: Harrison Ford (Rozat 'Rusty' Sabich) Brian Dennehy (Raymond Horgan) Raul Julia (Alejandro 'Sandy' Stern) Bonnie Bedelia (Barbara Sabich) Paul Winfield (Giudice Larren Lyttle) Greta Scacchi (Carolyn Polhemus) John Spencer (Det. Lipranzer) Joe Grifasi (Tommy Molto) Tom Mardirosian (Nico Della Guardia) Anna Maria Horsford (Eugenia) Sab Shimono ('Painless' Kumagai) Bradley Whitford (Jamie Kemp) Christine Estabrook (Lydia 'Mac' MacDougall) Michael Tolan (Mr. Polhemus) Madison Arnold (Sgt. Lionel Kenneally)
Musica: John Williams
Costumi: John Boxer
Scenografia: George Jenkins
Fotografia: Gordon Willis
Montaggio: Evan A. Lottman
Makeup: Fern Buchner e Craig Lyman
Casting: Alixe Gordin
Scheda film aggiornata al:
14 Maggio 2024
Sinossi:
IN BREVE:
Rusty Sabich (Harrison Ford), vice procuratore capo della Contea di Kindie, viene incaricato di condurre le indagini sull'assassinio di Caroline Polhemus (Greta Scacchi), sua affascinante collega, con la quale ha avuto un'appassionata relazione extraconiugale. Durante le indagini, la posizione di Sabich si fa sempre più precaria: Raymond Horgan (Brian Dennehy), procuratore distrettuale e suo superiore, lo crede colpevole, Barbara (Bonnie Bedelia), sua moglie, è assai sconvolta; il suo avvocato difensore, Alejandro "Sandy" Stern (Raul Julia), nutre dubbi riguardo al caso, che viene esaminato dal giudice di colore Larren Lyttle (Paul Winfield); il suo accanito accusatore è un collaboratore di Horgan, il cinico Nico Della Guardia (Tom Mardirosian).
SYNOPSIS:
When the female deputy prosecutor R.K. Sabich had an affair with is murdered, he is chosen to lead the investigation. However, when he digs too deeply, he finds himself framed for the murder.
Carolyn Polhemus, an up-and-comer in the Kindle County D.A.'s Office, is found viciously murdered in her home. Immediately her boss, D.A. Raymond Horgan and his chief deputy, Rusty Sabich start an investigation. Horgan, however, is in the middle of a campaign to keep his job, which he ultimately loses to former subordinate Nico Della Guardia. Della Guardia and his new deputy, Tommy Molto, decide to prosecute Sabich for Carolyn's murder when it is revealed that Sabich was a former lover of Polhemus. Horgan also turns against his former subordinate, and Rusty soon realizes he has few friends left - except for Sandy Stern, whom he has often faced on the other side of the courtroom, and who will become his new defense lawyer when he is put on trial for murder. Investigation by Stern and his team leads them to think that Rusty was framed for murder - by Molto, who wanted Sabich's job and was trying to punish him for backing Horgan. Is Rusty Sabich innocent...or is he a murderer?
