Yo soy la ley (1938)
A Fight Prosecutor Smashes A Defiant Racket Empire!
Género : Crimen, Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 23M
Director : Alexander Hall
Sinopsis
Un profesor de leyes, John Lindsay, es nombrado fiscal en un proceso contra una banda de chantajistas. Se hace ayudar por uno de sus alumnos, Paul Ferguson, cuyo padre es el cabecilla de los acusados. La investigación avanza de forma traumática.
El teniente Daniel Kaffee es un joven y prometedor abogado de la Marina que tiene una excelente reputación. Sus superiores le confían la defensa de dos marines acusados de asesinato. A primera vista, el caso no parece complicado. Pero cuando tenga que vérselas con el Coronel Nathan R. Jessup, comandante en jefe de la base de Guantánamo, saldrán a la luz nuevas pistas que harán que el caso adquiera dimensiones insospechadas.
Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and fellow barristers but also to the public gallery.
Al novel abogado David Mitchell se le adjudica la defensa de Ben Brown, a quien las autoridades de Durango acusan de haber asesinado a Cole Clinton, un alto dirigente de la ciudad mejicana. Las irregularidades detectadas en el pliego de cargos contra su cliente hacen que Mitchell se decida a luchar denodadamente por demostrar la inocencia de Ben.
Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.
Chronicling one story of courage born out of the highly mediatized and controversial Prop 8 2008 election results in California. A Californian married gay couple and their two adopted children fight back against discrimination, ignorance and hate through home videos posted on their YouTube channel, Gay Family Values. As they pursue their American Dream, the opposing political, social and religious opinions that pervade society attempt to strip it from them.
Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown attracts the attention of high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley, who asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm. But Adam's rising career takes a nosedive when he's framed by Gilmurry and a sexy actress in a trumped-up breach of promise suit. The only constant in Adam's life is the loyalty and unrequited love of his secretary Olga.
A documentary juxtaposing the events of the 20th century with the commentary of stand-up comedians.
Sigue la historia de Cristian, un joven e idealista fiscal cuya carrera está en un momento ascendente mientras intenta resolver un caso contra un colega senior acusado de corrupción. El dilema de escoger entre su carrera y la verdad cae sobre sus hombros. Intentando resolver el caso, entrará en una zona peligrosa donde emergerán peligrosas e inesperadas relaciones
This documentary recounts the dysfunctional state of the death penalty in the state of California by revisiting the crimes, arrest, trials and appeals of Lawrence Bittaker, a convicted serial killer who has been on death row at San Quentin since 1981.
Tras dar una vuelta en coche a unos amigos, Johnjo O'Shea, de 17 años, es acusado como cómplice en un asesinato premeditado.
30,000 people die in the US each year by firearms. Collateral damage of an undeclared civil war, from which the arms industry has benefited for decades under German and European participation. Starting from the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, this documentary examines why we can't stop the arms madness.
Three different countries and one case of deadly violence each. Three men who have killed and three families who have lost a beloved one. In the common idea of guilt and punishment this makes three who get punished and three who are meant to forget. Unthinkable to imagine the two sides will ever get closer. The film tells three times the impossible story: To meet your enemy - in thoughts, in messages, in real life. A film that challenges our ideas of guilt and punishment.
Maravilloso biopic protagonizado por Emmanuelle Devos que cuenta la historia de la mujer que consiguió sacar adelante, contra viento y marea, la Ley del Aborto en Francia. Otoño 1974, el Presidente francés Valéry Giscard d’Estaing le encarga a su Ministra de Sanidad, Simone Veil, una sobrecogedora tarea: sacar adelante la ley del aborto. Durante tres días, deberá defender su texto delante de los parlamentarios con una tenacidad ejemplar. Diane, una joven periodista, hace de este hecho el sujeto de su primera investigación, y en el transcurso de la misma descubrirá un cambio considerable en el estatus social de la mujer.
Documentary filmmaker Peter Gilbert unearths the legacy of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education — where it was ruled that "in the field of public education, the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place" — via never-before-heard stories from people directly responsible for, and greatly affected by, the original case.
Roberto es un profesor de Derecho cuya vida se complica cuando se convence de que uno de sus mejores estudiantes ha cometido un brutal asesinato. Decidido a descubrir la verdad, comienza una investigación personal…
Sylvia acepta la propuesta de matrimonio de su jefe, aunque él sólo lo ha hecho para evitar casarse con otra. Casada y rica, pasa de ser el patito feo a una seductora mujer que, incluso, considera la posibilidad de mantener una relación con un hombre al que conoce durante un viaje a París. (Filmaffinit)
The untold story of how legal pioneer Mary Bonauto partnered with small town Vermont lawyers Beth Robinson and Susan Murray in a 2-decade long struggle that built the foundation for the entire marriage equality movement. Despite fierce opposition, Vermont became the first state to grant same sex couples legal recognition through a groundbreaking 1999 State Supreme Court decision, and the first to legalize marriage equality by legislative vote in 2009. HRC's Marty Rouse said, "They really changed the course of American history." Featuring Freedom to Marry founder Evan Wolfson, civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis, and Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally.
Monte Hale is cast as Ted Post, a Texas marshal who's on the trail of embezzler Larry Forester (Myron Healey). His search takes him to a remote frontier town that serves as an outlaw hideaway. All previous lawmen have been disposed of by town boss Bruce Burnett (Damian O'Flynn), who demands a hefty price for his services.
Harper está convencido de que su padrastro causó el accidente que dejó a su madre en coma. Una noche de borrachera, le cuenta sus penas a Johnny, un golfo que le ofrece una solución a sus problemas: liquidar al tipo a cambio de veinte mil dólares.