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05/02/2009 Thriller 1h 45m
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Why would a man frame himself... for murder?

Overview

Remake of a 1956 Fritz Lang film in which a novelist's investigation of a dirty district attorney leads to a setup within the courtroom.

  1. Peter Hyams

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jesse Metcalfe

    C.J. Nicholas

  2. Amber Tamblyn

    Ella Crystal

  3. Michael Douglas

    Mark Hunter

  4. Joel David Moore

    Corey Finley

  5. Orlando Jones

    Ben Nickerson

  6. Lawrence P. Beron

    Lieutenant Merchant

  7. Sewell Whitney

    Martin Weldon

  8. David Jensen

    Gary Spota

  9. Sharon K. London

    Judge Sheppard

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by tmdb28039023
Written by tmdb28039023 on 2022-09-13
The only thing that’s beyond a reasonable doubt here is this movie’s stupidity. The film opens with District Attorney Mark Hunter (Michael Douglas) addressing the jury at a murder trial: “The defense would like to tell you that our entire case is circumstantial. There are no eyewitnesses, no ballistic match, no alibi." Odd. One would think that a prosecutor who has scored 17 murder convictions in a row would view the absence of an alibi as something that favors the prosecution and not the defense.

Reporter C.J. Nicholas (Jesse Metcalfe) is convinced that Hunter is corrupt; all 17 conv...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$25,000,000.00

Revenue
$4,388,563.00

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