He is their only hope for justice.
A grieving family whose daughter was killed in a car crash with a drunken driver is outraged and frustrated as they encounter the inevitable bureaucratic delays in bringing the case to trial. Once in the courtroom, they are horror-stricken as the young, hard-pressed district attorney seems unable to overcome the technicalities and maneuverings that the driver's attorney uses to keep his client out of jail and still on the streets as a legal driver. When the judge is forced to rule time and again in favor of the defense, it appears that the driver might escape punishment altogether.
Directed byJud Taylor
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- December 16, 1986
Marian Rees AssociatesD. Petrie ProductionsFeaturing
Cast & crew
James Farentino
John Peterson
Penny Fuller
Judith Peterson
Don Murray
Tom Fiske
Millie Perkins
Mary Fiske
Ari Meyers
Amy Peterson
Donald Moffat
Howard Webster
Jacqueline Brookes
Judge Miriam Roth
Kristen Vigard
Lynne Peterson
Denzel Washington
Martin Sawyer
George Martin
Steve
- Directed by
- Jud Taylor
- Written by
- William A. SchwartzMike Robe
- Produced by
- Dorothea G. Petrie
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