Director: Jeff Bleckner
Writer(s): Richard Levinson, William Link
Starring: Sam Waterston, Ron Leibman, Robert Davi, Joe Morton, Jo Henderson, Stephen Lee, Frances Conroy, James Greene, Sheila Kelley, Nancy Stephens, Dakin Matthews, George Wallace, Nick Angotti, Billy Beck, John Braden, Scott Allan Campbell, G. Smokey Campbell, Darwyn Carson, Andi Chapman, Michael Collins, Frank Dent, Alan Desatti, Nike Doukas, Adam Englund, Timothy Fall, J.E. Freeman, Gary Hershberger, Kate Hopkins, Timothy Jecko, Patrick Johnston, Milt Kogan, Jon Korkes, John Mansfield, Michael McGrady, Jeanne Mori, John C. Moskoff, Milton Murrill, Margery Nelson, Michael Nicolosi, Maidie Norman, Richard Penn, Glenn Plummer, Phil Proctor, Ray Reinhardt, Cristine Rose, Lia Sargent, Geoffrey Thorne, William Wallace Ward III, David Brevick, Jorga Caye, Michael Markovina, Joseph Michael Roth
Synopsis: An Arab terrorist is smuggled out of West Beirut by American secret forces, he is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and killing five innocent people including a five-year-old child. An unprecedented trial commences as he is charged under a new Federal statute declaring murder of American civilians overseas a felony. Resnick, a Law Professor at a prestigious university hasn’t fought a case in years. But he is one of the all time best defense lawyers in the country. He hesitantly takes the case. A battle between two of the most brilliant legal minds in the country gets underway in a trial intended as a showcase for American justice.
Release Date: January 10, 1988 (USA) | Length: 100 min | Genre: Drama | Certificate: G
Note: Also known as “Hostile Witness”.