Midnight Court (1937)
A DOWN-and-OUT LAWYER, by DEFENDING A RACKETEER and HIS MOB, MAKES A COME-BACK TO FAME
ジャンル : ロマンス, 犯罪, ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 3分
演出 : Frank McDonald
脚本 : Don Ryan, Kenneth Gamet
シノプシス
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men react in unexpected ways as a reckoning looms in the near future.
A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.
ルイジアナ州ニューオリンズ。看護士のキャロラインは、老婦人のヴァイオレットと脳梗塞で全く身動き出来ない夫のベンが住んでいる古い屋敷に住み込みで働くことになった。その屋敷には鏡が一つもなく、至る所に魔よけのレンガ屑が撒いてある。働き始めて間もなく、バイオレットから全ての部屋を開けられる合鍵を預かるキャロライン。そしてある日、彼女はその鍵でも開けられない部屋を発見する。そこから、土地に伝わる古呪術“フードゥー”の存在と、昔この家で起こった惨劇を知らされる。
District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defence lawyer Laura Kelly and her unpredictable client Chelsea Deardon. It seems the least of Chelsea's crimes is the theft of a very valuable painting, but as the women persuade Logan to investigate further and to cut some official corners, a much more sinister scenario starts to emerge.
A group of tenants living in an old house are confronted with having to move out due to a renovation project the city has undertaken. The tenants decide to unite and come up with a strategy, but in the process—while the landlord and his aggressive attorney are chasing them—the tenants transform into the opposite of who they once were.
大手法律事務所のフィクサーとして活躍するマイケル。在職15年にして共同経営者への昇進もない彼が焦りと不安を感じる中、大企業の集団訴訟にかかわっていた同僚の弁護士アーサーが精神に異常をきたす事態が発生。マイケルはその後始末をするため、アーサーの下へ向かう。
弁護士のルーシー・ケルソンはとても正義感の強い女性で、社会奉仕活動にも積極的に参加していた。彼女は地元ニューヨークの歴史ある公民館の取り壊しに反対するため、取り壊しを強行しようとしている最大手の不動産企業ウェイド社のCEOであるジョージ・ウェイドに直談判を試みる。一方ジョージは、優秀な弁護士を捜している最中だったこともあり、ルーシーの度胸を気に入り、彼女に公民館取り壊しを白紙にすることを条件に自分の下で働くよう提案する。こうして出会った二人だが、性格や価値観の違いから衝突を繰り返していく。だが、次第にその関係に変化が起こる。
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Salma Zidane, a widow, lives simply from her grove of lemon trees in the West Bank's occupied territory. The Israeli defence minister and his wife move next door, forcing the Secret Service to order the trees' removal for security. The stoic Salma seeks assistance from the Palestinian Authority, Israeli army, and a young attorney, Ziad Daud, who takes the case. In this allegory, does David stand a chance against Goliath?
爆破テロ事件の犯人という冤罪を受け、親族まで逮捕された男。父は「冤罪をそそげ」と遺言を残して獄死してしまう……。世界的な関心を集めたジェリー・コンロンの手記を映画化した作品。
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Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he tries to balance the needs of his fiance Joan, the expectations of his colleagues and his own obligation to defend his friend Chester on a murder count.