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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 98 min.
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Plot: An investigation of the wrongful death of Carlos DeLuna.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Peter Gilbert and Steve James.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Evidence ∙ Death Penalty |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 118 min.
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Plot: When confiscated heroin is stolen from the Miami Police Department, two detectives must find the missing drugs before Internal Affairs shuts down the narcotics division.
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Cast: Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Tea Leoni. Directed by Michael Bay.
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Categories: Evidence ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 105 min.
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Plot: A rookie journalist attempts to expose a corrupt district attorney.
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Cast: Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn, Michael Douglas. Directed by Peter Hyams.
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Categories: Ethics ∙ Evidence ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 114 min. B&W
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Plot: A private-eye is hired to keep an eye on General Sternwood's philandering daughter, Carmen, who has fallen in with bad company. Based on Raymond Chandler's classic novel.
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Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone. Directed by Howard Hawks.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Evidence ∙ Romance |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: After taking a closer look at some negatives, London fashion photographer realizes that he inadvertently photographed a murder.
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Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, Sarah Miles. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Evidence ∙ Mystery/Suspense |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 118 min.
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Plot: A quadriplegic homicide cop enlists the help of a young rookie to catch a deranged serial killer that abducts his victims in a yellow taxi and leaves a collection of peculiar scraps at the scene of each crime.
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Cast: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah, Ed O'Neil. Directed by Phillip Noyce.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 131 min.
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Plot: A private eye is hired to investigate the extra-marital affair of a Los Angeles socialite, but ends up investigating a murder relating to a battle for the city's water rights.
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Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, John Huston. Directed by Roman Polanski.
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Categories: Evidence ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Land Use |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: 96 min.
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Plot: The murderously funny movie based on the world-famous boardgame.
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Cast: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren. Directed by Jonathan Lynn.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 129 min.
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Plot: A man who sees conspiracies everywhere publishes his theories on the internet. Trouble follows when one of his theories proves correct.
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Cast: Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts. Directed by Richard Donner.
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Categories: Government ∙ Evidence ∙ Action |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 113 min.
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Plot: A paranoid and personally-secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that a couple he is spying on will be murdered.
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Cast: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams, Frederic Forrest. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Drama ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 107 min.
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Plot: A woman spends 18 years trying to free her brother when he is wrongfully sentenced to life in prison.
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Cast: Hilary Swank, Melissa Leo, Sam Rockwell, Minne Driver, Peter Gallagher, Juliette Lewis. Directed by Andrew Sugerman.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Biography ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 85 min. B&W
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Plot: A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army.
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Cast: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan. Directed by Edward Dmytryk.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Evidence ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 122 min.
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Plot: A convicted killer is sentenced to death and when th date is set for his execution, he asks a nun to be his spiritual advisor.
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Cast: Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky. Directed by Tim Robbins.
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Categories: Sentencing ∙ Death Penalty ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 105 min.
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Plot: A mysterious woman murders a psychiatrist's patient with a razor stolen from his office and then sets her sites on the only witness to the crime.
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Cast: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen. Directed by Brian De Palma.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 113 min.
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Plot: An attorney intent on climbing the career ladder toward success, finds an unlikely opponent in a manipulative criminal he's trying to prosecute.
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Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike. Directed by Gregory Hoblit.
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Categories: Evidence ∙ Trial ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 116 min.
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Plot: London is terrorized by the neck tie murderer.
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Cast: Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Alec McCwen, Billie Whitelaw. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Evidence ∙ Women |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 127 min.
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Plot: Based on the classic TV series, a Chicago surgeon falsely accused of killing his wife undertakes to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the actual murderer.
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Cast: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore, Joe Pantoliano. Directed by Andrew Davis.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Action ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 147 min.
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Plot: Final installment of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy. Once upon a time, Lisbeth Salander was a victim, now she is fighting back. Swedish or dubbed English dialogue; optional English subtitles.
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Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin, Anders Ahlbom. Directed by Daniel Alfredson.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 134 min. B&W
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Plot: Two ex-convicts break into a Kansas farmer's home, and try to avoid being caught.
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Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Jeff Corey. Directed by Richard Brooks.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Evidence ∙ Sentencing |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 103 min.
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Plot: A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
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Cast: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brad Renfro. Directed by John Maybury.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Medical ∙ Evidence |
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JFK (1991)
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 206 min.
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Plot: A New Orleans District Attorney takes it upon himself to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, 1963.
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Cast: Kevin Costner, Sally Kirkland, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Joe Pesci, Walter Matthau, Sissy Spacek. Directed by Oliver Stone.
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Categories: Government ∙ Evidence ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 136 min.
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Plot: A shooting at an all-night diner is investigated by three Los Angeles detectives in their own unique ways.
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Cast: Kevin Spacey, Russel Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito. Directed by Curtis Hanson.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Justice ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (4 disc set) 12 hours, 57 min.
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Plot: Brings compelling and thought-provoking episodes, as well as drastic changes to television’s longest running crime series.
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Cast: Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, Linus Roache, Sam Waterston, Jesse L. Martin, Epatha Merkerson, Alana de la Garza. Directed by John P. Whitesell II, E.W. Swackhamer, Vern Gillum.
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Categories: Television ∙ Evidence ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD (6 disc set) 17 hours, 40 min.
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Plot: Television drama depicting both halves of the criminal justice system, law and order: the investigating police detectives, and the prosecuting district attorneys.
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Cast: Jerry Orbach, Paul Sorvino, George Dzundza, Jesse L. Martin, Benjamin Bratt, Chris Noth. Directed by John P. Whitesell II, E.W. Swackhamer, Vern Gillum.
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Categories: Television ∙ Evidence ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (5 disc set) 17 hours, 58 min.
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Plot: Unrelenting, powerful and full of twists crime series with provocative storylines ripped from news headlines.
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Cast: Carey Lowell, Benjamin Bratt, Sam Waterston, Jerry Orbach . Directed by John P. Whitesell II, E.W. Swackhamer, Vern Gillum.
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Categories: Television ∙ Evidence ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD (5 disc set) 17 hours, 45 min.
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Plot: Continuing gripping stories of the men and women that strive to bring justice to the streets of New York.
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Cast: Steven Hill, Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston, Angie Harmon. Directed by John P. Whitesell II, E.W. Swackhamer, Vern Gillum.
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Categories: Television ∙ Evidence ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (6 disc set) 22 hours, 0 min.
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Plot: All 22 episodes of the first season of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
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Cast: Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, Mariska Hargitay, Michelle Hurd, Ice-T, Stephanie March, Christopher Meloni, Dean Winters, B.D. Wong. Directed by Dick Wolfe.
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Categories: Television ∙ Evidence ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 96 min. B&W
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Plot: A woman kills a close family friend, claiming that he attacked her.
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Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort, Gale Sondergaard. Directed by William Wyler.
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Categories: Evidence ∙ Ethics ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 130 min.
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Plot: A respected professor and anti-death penalty activist is charged with a brutal murder.
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Cast: Kate Winslet, Cleo King, Constance Jones, Kevin Spacey, Laura Linney. Directed by Alan Parker.
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Categories: Death Penalty ∙ Evidence ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
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Cast: Alan Alda, Woody Allen, Anjelica Huston, Diane Keaton. Directed by Woody Allen.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Marital Relations ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 113 min.
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Plot: A man with no short-term memory attempts to track down his wife's killer.
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Cast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano. Directed by Christopher Nolan.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Witness ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 155 min.
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Plot: A New York reporter is dispatched to cover an A-list Christmas party in Savannah, Georgia, but when the host is accused of murder, the real story unfolds.
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Cast: Kevin Spacey, John Cusack, Jude Law, Jack Thompson, Alison Eastwood, Irma P. Hall, Lady Chablis. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Evidence ∙ Drama |
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Rated: R Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: Two gifted high school students execute a "perfect" murder, then become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective.
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Cast: Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt. Directed by Barbet Schroeder.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Evidence ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 95 min.
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Plot: A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.
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Cast: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine. Directed by Joel Zwick.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Evidence ∙ Romance |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 150 min.
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Plot: A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
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Cast: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky, Jessie Miskelly, Jason Baldwin, Damien Wayne Echols. Directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky.
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Categories: Juvenile ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: PG Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 163 min.
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Plot: The romantic adventures of a young Englishwoman in 'the mysterious East' culminate in a court trial for attempted rape.
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Cast: Judy Davis, Alec Guiness, Victor Banerjee. Directed by David Lean.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Evidence ∙ International |
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Rated: NR Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 83 min. B&W
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Plot: Four people involved in the murder of a gentleman in feudal Japan and the seduction of his wife give differing accounts of what actually happended. Subtitled in English.
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Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki. Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
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Categories: Witness ∙ Evidence ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: An FBI agent seeks the help of Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter to help catch the serial killer known as "The Tooth Fairy."
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Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson. Directed by Brett Ratner.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 109 min.
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Plot: Alan Dershowitz, a brilliant professor of law, is hired by a wealthy socialite to attempt to overturn his two convictions for the attempted murder of his extremely wealthy wife.
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Cast: Glen Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver. Directed by Barbet Schroeder.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Criminal Law ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 127 min.
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Plot: Two homicide detectives desperately hunt for a serial killer who chooses seven victims, one by one, each representing egregious examples of transgressions of the Seven Deadly Sins.
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Cast: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt. Directed by David Fincher.
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Categories: Law Enforcement ∙ Mystery/Suspense ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: R Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 109 min.
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Plot: A Las Vegas magician finds himself the target of professional hit men after he snitches on the Mob.
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Cast: Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds. Directed by Joe Carnahan.
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Categories: Organized Crime ∙ Evidence ∙ Law Enforcement |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: Framed for a bank robbery, two innocent greenhorns have a difficult time adjusting to life in a Western prison.
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Cast: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, George Stanford Brown, JoBeth Williams. Directed by Sidney Poitier.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Sentencing ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: This documentary recounts the investigation of a criminal case of a man falsely accused of murdering a Dallas police officer.
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Cast: Randall Adams, David Harris, Gus Rose, Jackie Johnson. Directed by Errol Morris.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Law Enforcement ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 118 min. B&W
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Plot: A young man is mysteriously arrested for an unspecified crime and is put on trial. Based on the novel by Franz Kafka.
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Cast: Anthony Perkins, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Orson Welles, Elsa Martinelli, Akim Tamiroff. Directed by Orson Welles.
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Categories: Criminal Law ∙ Evidence |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 103 min.
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Plot: When a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, his only hope to be proven innocent is a toon-hating private detective.
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Cast: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.
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Categories: Animation ∙ Evidence ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 105 min. B&W
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Plot: An innocent man's life is ruined when he is arrested, jailed, and brought to trial for crimes committed by someone who resembles him.
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Cast: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Nehemiah Persoff. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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Categories: Evidence ∙ 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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