As Summers Die (1986)
Scott Glenn, Jamie Lee Curtis and Bette Davis Shine in a Powerful Drama!
Жанр : драма, телевизионный фильм
Время выполнения : 1Ч 27М
Директор : Jean-Claude Tramont
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Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threatened by the Holts, the first family of the town, after she refuses to sell her valuable land.
The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense, allows the film to show the investigation, research and appeals process in a way that has never been seen before; revealing shocking and disturbing new information about a case that still haunts the Unitedstatian South.
A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
An immensely successful criminal lawyer is blindsided when he learns that his new case involves his ex-wife, who left him.
Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading criminal psychologist.
Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
Скромный безобидный менеджер Грэм Краковски покупает дом, а вместе с ним и целую кучу неприятностей. Рядом с домом обитает отталкивающего вида бродяга. Этот антисоциальный тип все время мешает жить новому домовладельцу. А тут еще начинаются странные убийства, в которых полиция обвиняет служащего…
When a grand jury acquits a gangster accused of murder, a retired elderly citizen decides it's up to him to see that the criminal is proven guilty and put behind bars.
A juror at a murder trial is convinced the defendant is innocent.
В центре истории — успешный адвокат, который приезжает в родной город на похороны матери и узнаёт, что его отца, городского судью, подозревают в убийстве. Герой решает задержаться, чтобы выяснить правду, и постепенно лучше узнаёт родственников, с которыми давно вообще никак не общался.
Сюжет фильма основан на жизни Дайдо Элизабет Белль. Она была внебрачной дочерью капитана королевского флота Джона Линдси, а ее матерью была черная женщина по имени Мария Белль.
A woman is tried for the murder of her lover. Director Bayard Veiller's 1929 courtroom drama stars Norma Shearer, Lewis Stone, Lilyan Tashman and H. B. Warner.
Полетт — вредная старушка с непростым характером. Она ненавидит соседей, поскольку те мусорят и шумят. Она не любит своего внука и придумала ему прозвище Черныш, поскольку дочь вышла замуж за чернокожего полицейского (зятя Полетт называет Обамой). Когда социальные службы начинают за долги описывать ее имущество, она принимает нестандартное решение: отправляется к местному наркодилеру и предлагает свои услуги. Бандиты ошеломлены, но бабушка находит убедительные доводы, чтобы ее приняли на работу. Не проходит и месяца, как Полетт становится крупнейшим торговцем всех видов наркотиков в районе. Бизнес процветает, жизнь налаживается. Однако любопытные подруги, зять, любвеобильный сосед и бандиты не дают насладиться ей обретенным благосостоянием.
A man is facing a trial for murdering a Latvian union leader, which more likely than not will end with a death sentence. A close-up look at his emotional journey through the trial, imprisonment and beyond.
Cybill Shephard stars as Vicky, a woman married to a rich old man, who has one foot in the grave. Gregory Harrison plays Mike Riordon a district attorney, who is young, handsome and living at home with his Irish mom for the most. Vicky's husband Arthur gets Mike involved in a merger of two companies...or something like that even though he knows that Mike and Vicky were a couple and that she had dumped him. Whilst Mike and Vicky are attending a party, Arthur is alone at home when a burglar appears out of nowhere and shoots him point blank.
Inside the stately Senate Hearing Room, Frank White, professional soldier, Vietnam vet and CIA operative, is fighting the toughest battle of his life: he's on trial for the assassination of Miguel Rivera, a Central American diplomat. Only two men could have made the shot - White or his friend Rick Burns, ex-military sniper now working as a Mafia hitman. Testimony unravels the intricate web created by Rivera and Daniel Waterman, head of an international cartel dabbling in both Latin American Politics and cocaine.
Dorothy Pritchard thought it would be easy: Housesit for the Poe's on Halloween while making out with her hot boyfriend. But when the Poe's comatose mother ends up needing a bit of babysitting, Dorothy's night just went from good to bad... and it's about to get worse after she discovers she'll be spending it with the hosts of hell.
Documentary covering the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a black nationalist and journalist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer and sentenced to death in a trial marked by controversial prosecutorial and defense tactics and charges of racism.
An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect his wife's (Margaret Lindsay) honor was justified.
While a Canadian soldier recovers in London, a nurse tells him that a Scottish widow believes he is her son. To comfort the widow, the soldier agrees to pretend to be her Scottish son. Seven Days Leave is a screen adaption of one of James M. Barrie's plays, The Old Lady Shows Her Medals.
20 years later, the recreation of the trial of a simple man that confesses himself as a war criminal, Carl Emmanuel Jung.