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Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Will Burton is a junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm, who specializes in spiriting people out of tight legal corners. Much to the aggravation of his courtroom rival, Maggie Gardner, Will has never lost a case. His talents acquit serial killer Liam Foyle of murder, and it is only a matter of time until Foyle kills again.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Description
Two carefree pals travelling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. They are defended by one of their cousins (Vinny), a former auto mechanic of Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. Vinny's never been in court and the case quickly turns into a hysterical escapade.
Series
Criterion collection volume 600
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A small-town Michigan lawyer takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife. A gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom potboiler, Anatomy of a Murder was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex. More than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding supporting cast and influential jazz score by Duke Ellington,...
4) The letter
Series
Publisher
Distrbuted by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Adulteress Leslie Crosbie fires a bullet into her lover then, for good measure, five more. At trial, her plaintive testimony tilts the jury toward acquittal. Then scheming Leslie learns someone has a telltale letter she wrote to her paramour" -- Container.
Publisher
Digiview Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Disorder in the court: the Stooges get involved in the trial of a fan dancer who is accused of shooting her lover. Brideless groom: Shemp must marry to inherit $500,000. Malice in the palace: the Stooges try to recover diamond stolen from King Rutin-Tutin's Tomb.
7) Angel face
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Description
When Mrs. Tremayne is mysteriously poisoned with gas, ambulance driver Frank Jessup meets her refined but sensuous stepdaughter Diane, who quickly pursues and infatuates him. Under Diane's seductive influence, Frank is soon the Tremayne chauffeur, but he begins to suspect danger under her surface sweetness. When he shows signs of pulling away, Diane schemes to get him in so deep he'll never get out.
8) 3:10 to Yuma
Series
Criterion collection volume 657
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Outlaw Ben Wade (Glenn Ford) is captured after robbing a stagecoach. The owner of the stage coach line decides to offer $200 to the man who escorts Ben Wade to the 3:10 train to Yuma which will take him to trial. The train will be traveling out of the station at a small town aplty named Contention. It is necessary to offer the reward because everyone knows that Ben Wade's gang will attempt to free their boss and kill anyone in the way. The man who...
9) Primal fear
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An attorney is chosen to defend an altar boy who has been accused of murdering, mutilating and dismembering an archbishop.
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
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Description
George Stevens' stunning adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's An American tragedy garnered six Academy Awards and guaranteed immortality for screen lovers Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. Clift is a poor young man determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of beautiful socialite Elizabeth Taylor. Shelley Winters plays the factory girl whose dark secret threatens Clift's professional and romantic prospects. Consumed with fear...
Author
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"House of Gucci is inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately ... murder." --container
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Mickey Haller is L.A.'s top criminal defense lawyer - a fast-living, freewheeling pro who does business out of the back seat of his classic Lincoln town car. He knows all the ins and outs of the legal system and how to exploit them to his clients' advantage. But after agreeing to defend a wealthy young man accused of rape and murder, Mickey suddenly finds himself embroiled in a deadly game of violence, vengeance and deception that threatens to not...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Jagged edge (1985, color, 108 min.) : An attorney falls in love with her defendant, the prime suspect in a vicious murder case.
The fisher king (1991, color, 138 min.) :A dee-jay who finds himself penniless is plucked from disaster by a homeless history professor, who lives in a fantasy world full of castles, Red Knights and damsels in distress. Together they begin a modern quest for redemption and the Holy Grail.
Against all odds (1984, color,...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Two detectives investigate the murder of a drug addict, and discover his connection to a brash, young CEO of a Silicon Valley tech firm. The mystery continues when one of the CEO's employees, a woman with whom he was having a secret tryst, is also found dead.
18) The phantom
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The Phantom tells the story of one of the darkest episodes in the long history of American justice. A story of how the State of Texas knowingly sent an innocent man to his death and left a serial killer at large. A case in which for the first time it can be conclusively proven that the US courts executed a blameless man. This film uncovers the shocking truth behind a tale of murder, corruption and lies that unfolded in the dusty, desperate streets...
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1920s London, brutal and bloodthirsty murder has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily's dedicated housekeeper Janet Mcintyre stands by in court. Leonard however, is adamant that his partner, the enigmatic...
Series
Publisher
Team Marketing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An essential examination of the rise and fall of Orenthal James Simpson, and parallels between his incredible story with that of race in America. This critically-acclaimed documentary series reveals how he first became a football star, why America fell in love with him off the field, what happened in the trial for his ex-wife's murder, and finally, why he is now sitting in jail for another crime 20 years later.
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