Top billed cast

1. 

   Gary Oldman

   Ben Chase

2. 

   Kevin Bacon

   Martin Thiel

3. 

   Tess Harper

   Detective Stillwell

4. 

   Karen Young

   Ellen Faulkner

5. 

   Joe Don Baker

   Detective Mesel

6. 

   Sean McCann

   Jacob Fischer

7. 

   Ron Lea

   Gary Hull

8. 

   Michael Sinelnikoff

   Professor Clemens

9. 

   Karen Woolridge

   Claudia Curwen

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2017-11-12

Boston based neo-noir fails to ignite.

Criminal Law is directed by Martin Campbell and written by Mark Kasdan. It stars Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper, Karen Young and Joe Don Baker. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Philip Meheux.

Boston attorney Ben Chase (Oldman) successfully defends Martin Thiel (Bacon) who is on trial for a sexually aggravated murder. But not long after Chase comes to realise Thiel's guilt and sets about correcting the wrong he helped orchestrate.

If you have never seen a legal thriller before, or a serial killer based neo-noir for that mat...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$5,000,000.00

Revenue
$9,974,446.00

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