The read
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 71% of the 702 1990s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes56%
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
632 audience votes
Key crew
- Dan GordonScreenplay
- Marc RoccoDirector
- Christopher YoungOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Christian SlaterJames Stamphill
- Kevin BaconHenri Young
- Gary OldmanAssociate Milton Glenn
- Embeth DavidtzMary McCasslin
- William H. MacyBill McNeill
- Stephen TobolowskyMr. Henkin
- Brad DourifByron Stamphill
- Kyra SedgwickBlanche
- Mia KirshnerRosetta Young
- R. Lee ErmeyJudge Clawson
- Stefan GieraschWarden James Humson
- Mary MackeyPrison Guard's Wife
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