An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.
Al Pacino
as Arthur Kirkland
Jack Warden
as Judge Francis Rayford
John Forsythe
as Judge Henry T. Fleming
Lee Strasberg
as Grandpa Sam
Christine Lahti
as Gail Packer
Craig T. Nelson
as Frank Bowers
Jeffrey Tambor
as Jay Porter
Sam Levene
as Arnie
Robert Christian
as Ralph Agee
Thomas G. Waites
as Jeff McCullaugh
Larry Bryggman
as Warren Fresnell
Dominic Chianese
as Carl Travers
