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A Balasaur Score of 72 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, Metacritic 64/100. Scores higher than 82% of the 427 1980s crime movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic prodding, Eddie reluctantly takes on a case of a young Korean man who, according to his mother, has been in jail for eight years for a murder he didn't commit.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic64/100
123 audience votes
Key crew
- Joseph RubenDirector
- Wesley StrickWriter
- Brad FiedelOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- James WoodsEddie Dodd
- Robert Downey Jr.Roger Baron
- Margaret ColinKitty Greer
- Yuji OkumotoShu Kai Kim
- Kurtwood SmithRobert Reynard
- Tom BowerCecil Skell
- Luis GuzmánOrtega
- Graham BeckelSklaroff
- Sully DiazMaraquilla Esparza
- Woody HarrelsonMan in Dodd's office
- Miguel FernandesArt Esparza
- Charles HallahanVincent Dennehy
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