Getting To The Top Means Working Like A Dog!
Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of murder.
- 5.8
- 1987
- Released
- 1h 51m
Judd Nelson
Robin "Stormy" Weathers
Elizabeth Perkins
Jo Ann
John Hurt
Douglas Benoit
Darren McGavin
Craig Duncan
Dan Monahan
Larry
David Alan Grier
Steve Hadley
Nancy Marchand
Roberta Winnaker
Allan Arbus
Phil Ames
Edward Winter
Raymond Torkenson
Richard Zobel
Matt Cowens
Ray Walston
1st Judge
Beatrice Winde
2nd Judge
Art Hindle
Lt. Matt Sosha
Priscilla Pointer
Mrs. Martha Williams
Royce D. Applegate
Mr. WilbyRobert Inman
TV ReporterJack Riel
BailiffPearl Jones
ForemanDavid Fitzsimmons
ReporterWilliam Alspaugh
BiggsTerry Loughlin
MalcolmJon Thompson
RampartLou Criscuolo
McAlbee
H. Richard Greene
WilsonEd Grady
Baxter
Everett Quinton
WarrenArthur J. Fasciani
Bailiff-Benoit Trial
Robert Dickman
Dr. Charles Peckham
George Hall
Harvey BealsHarvey Kirck
TV AnchormanEric Tilley
CharlieWill Knickerbocker
Security Guard
Craig Richard Nelson
Witness (uncredited)
Released
en
$9,000,000.00
$9,518,342.00
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- #murder trial
- #trial lawyer
- #college professor
- #courtroom drama
- #civil suit
- #apprentice lawyer
- #murder of a prostitute
- #attorney
- #attorney client privilege
- #guilty client
Reviews
Legal satire and conundrums just work for me I guess. Robin "Stormy" Weathers is desperate to rise up the ladder at the law firm he is employed by - sooner rather than later! Manufacturing a series of events, Weathers crow bars his way into a position of prestige. But just as he thinks he has finally made it, the partners saddle him with a no-win trial... Directed by Bob Clark and starring