...And Justice for All

(1979)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 618 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1979

Runtime: 119 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Norman Jewison

Cast: Аль Пачино, Джек Уорден, John Forsythe, Ли Страсберг, Кристин Лати, Крэйг Т. Нельсон, Джеффри Тэмбор, Sam Levene, Robert Christian, Thomas G. Waites

Plot

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.

When a judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland is forced to defend him. Kirkland has had problems with the judge in the past, including one incident when the judge wrongly sentenced his client Jeff McCullaugh because of a technicality. Kirkland faces a moral and legal dilemma.