In this courtroom drama, a Mexican American judge must preside over the case of the
town ne'er-do-well, who is accused of killing his wife. The film is set during the 1920s in the Southwest. The murderer is convicted and sentenced ...
The American Film Theatre has made movies of a number of significant theatrical performances, including
Laurence Olivier's Othello. Another of these filmed theatricals is Simon Gray's Butley, which was brought to the screen by playwright Harold Pinter, and which features ...
In this provocative drama, a stern hard-liner judge commits euthanasia to save his terminally ill
wife from further suffering. He decides to kill her by driving the both of them off a cliff. He succeeds in ending her pain, but ...
Crusading publisher Austin Spenser (Sidney Blackmer) wants to prove a point about the insufficiency of
circumstantial evidence. Spencer talks his prospective son-in-law Tom Garrett (Dana Andrews) into participating in a hoax, the better to expose the alleged ineptitude of conviction-happy ...
While a scandalous murder trial rocks the city, it's business as usual at the law
offices of Crane, Poole & Schmidt in Season 3 (2006-7) of Boston Legal, which means a full caseload of criminal insanity, hostage situations, cross-dressing, cannibalism, ...
An Indian protest singer (Vira Sathidar), whose songs advocate for acts of social dissent, is
accused of inspiring a young sewer worker's suicide in this stunning debut from director Chaitanya Tamhane ~ Violet LeVoit
After accusing fellow historian David Irving (Timothy Spall) of being a Holocaust denier, Deborah Lipstadt
(Rachel Weisz) is sued for libel and forced to provide proof of her claims in court. Tom Wilkinson co-stars as her lawyer, Richard Rampton. Mick ...
Fritz Lang's first American film is a vigorous and perceptive indictment of mob law, starring
Spencer Tracy and Sylvia Sidney. Katherine (Sidney) leaves her boyfriend, Joe Wilson (Tracy), behind in their Midwestern hometown when she takes a job in another ...
