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Rated: NR Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 95 min. B&W
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Plot: A deadlocked jury struggles to a verdict in the murder trial of a young man accused of killing his father.
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Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Sr., E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Robert Webber, George Voskovec, Edward Binns, Joseph Sweeney. Directed by Sidney Lumet.
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Categories: Jury ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 74 min. B&W
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Plot: A jury foreman is responsible for tipping the scales of justice in favor of a guilty verdict that sent an innocent girl to her death in the electric chair.
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Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Fox, O.P. Heggie, Henry Hull, Margaret Wycherly, Lynne Overman, Katherine Wilson. Directed by Chester Erskine.
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Categories: Jury ∙ Jurisprudence ∙ Romance |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 130 min.
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Plot: In the Canadian wilderness, an Artic prospector breaks through the snow to an underground cavern and becomes the world's richest man.
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Cast: Gene Hackman, Rutger hauer, Theresa Russell, Mickey Rourke, Joe Pesci. Directed by Nicolas Roeg.
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Categories: Environmental ∙ Natural Resources ∙ Jury |
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Rated: R Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 118 min.
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Plot: When a woman is selected as a juror in a big Mafia trial, she is forced to persuade the other jurors to vote "not guilty".
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Cast: Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Heche, James Gandolfini. Directed by Brian Gibson.
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Categories: Jury ∙ Ethics ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 100 min. B&W
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Plot: A producer-director is selected to serve on the jury for a murder trial. Believing the accused, an aspiring actress, is innocent of the crime, he takes it upon himself to apprehend the real killer.
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Cast: Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Donald Calthrop, Edward Chapman. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Categories: Jury ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Death Penalty |
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Rated: NR Stars: **
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Format: DVD 147 min.
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Plot: Reenactment of the lengthy murder trial of a woman who was accused of killing her lover, the author of "The Scarsdale Diet".
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Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Martin Balsam, Richard Dysart, Peter Coyote. Directed by George Schaefer.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Jury ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 127 min.
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Plot: A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
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Cast: John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Bruce Davison. Directed by Gary Fleder.
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Categories: Jury ∙ Drama ∙ Civil Procedure |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 98 min.
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Plot: An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.
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Cast: Michael Richards, Jeff Daniels, Charlize Theron, Jessica Steen. Directed by Jonathon Lynn.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Jury |
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Rated: R Stars: **
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Format: DVD 92 min.
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Plot: A juror in the trail of a mob boss has no option other than to see that justice isn't done when her young son's life is threatened.
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Cast: Joanne Whalley, Armand Assnte, Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt, Kathleen Quinlan. Directed by Heywood Gould.
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Categories: Jury ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Drama |
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The Wolf Law Library welcomes your suggestions for additions to the Feature Film Collection! If there is a law-related movie you feel we might be missing, please submit your suggestion to the Circulation & Reserve Desk at lawcir@wm.edu.
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