Idealistinen nuori New York Cityn julkinen puolustaja, joka on loppuunpalanut järjestelmässä uupumuksen partaalle ja näkee merkkejä maailmankaikkeuden romahtamisesta ympärillään, päättää ryöstää useiden miljoonien huumekaupan yhdeltä asiakkaistaan. (Owla)
Hikisillä seksikohtauksilla ryyditetyssä rikosdraamassa Jack Nicholson esittää kulkuria, joka saa töitä syrjäseudun kuppilasta. Jessica Lange on paikan emäntä, joka tahtoo eroon miehestään ja aloittaa intohimoisen suhteen uuden työntekijänsä kanssa. Useasti filmatun James M. Cainin romaanin tunnetuin elokuvaversio häviää Luchino Viscontin vuoden 1943 ja Tay Garnettin vuoden 1946 tulkinnoille.
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids.
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1993) is a documentary film about Aileen Wuornos, made by Nick Broomfield. It documents Broomfield's attempts to interview Wuornos, which involves a long process of mediation through her adopted mother Arlene Pralle and lawyer, Steve Glazer.
When a woman is accused of murder, the investigation slowly reveals numerous political connections. Laubret, the court-appointed defense lawyer, does everything in his power to expose the truth.
A lawyer tries to clear his wife's lover of murder charges.
A woman married to a defense lawyer leaves him when he refuses to stop defending criminals she believes are guilty.
A female lawyer begins to suspect that lawlessness is going on in prison, and a female prisoner helps her.
A behind-the-scenes look at the most famous lawyer of his generation as scandal threatens his career and legacy.