Un'avvocatessa accetta come cliente un uomo accusato di aver ucciso la moglie, ma si ritrova moralmente obbligata a tradirlo in un modo o nell'altro.Un'avvocatessa accetta come cliente un uomo accusato di aver ucciso la moglie, ma si ritrova moralmente obbligata a tradirlo in un modo o nell'altro.Un'avvocatessa accetta come cliente un uomo accusato di aver ucciso la moglie, ma si ritrova moralmente obbligata a tradirlo in un modo o nell'altro.
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- Sceneggiatura
- Star
- Premi
- 1 vittoria in totale
- Miriam Langford
- (as Christina Baren)
Trama
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- QuizThe French title for this film was "L'Avocat du Diable" which translates into the English language as "The Devil's Advocate".
- BlooperJennifer Haines (Rebecca De Mornay) is having dinner with her friend, Moe (Jack Warden). He fills her plate with spaghetti and sits down with the serving dish. His plate is clearly empty. In the next two shots, he has a full plate of food.
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[Moe is sitting in his desk, smoking while working. Suddenly, the door opens and David Greenhill enters]
Moe: Well, what can I do for you?
David Greenhill: Well, I thought I might be able to... help you out with that little biography you've been writing about me. You know, maybe help fill in some of the gaps.
Moe: Why would I be interested in you?
David Greenhill: 'Cause I'm a remarkable fellow, Moe. You've never met anyone quite like me before.
[David looks up places]
David Greenhill: God, places like these are bad for my allergies.
Moe: Well, I don't like to throw things away.
David Greenhill: Yeah, well, Moe, sometimes you got to get rid of the old to make way for the new. You know what I mean? I mean, let's face it. Old people, they just kind of clutter up the world. You know what I mean? They walk too slow and they talk too slow... and they drive too slow and they're always in the friggin' way. Trying to remind you about how things used to be. Pain in the butt, really.
Moe: If you're looking for your file, I... had it copied and put in the safe-deposit box.
David Greenhill: No. Not you, Moe. No computer, no fax, no Xerox. Mm-mm. You wouldn't have that trash in your office. Nope. It's in here somewhere.
Moe: Well, feel free to look around. I'll be back in the morning.
David Greenhill: Well, if you're gonna help me look for it, then this whole friggin' places gotta go.
[Moe turns to David]
David Greenhill: Damn firetrap anyway. See, the way I see it, you were working late one night, and you fell asleep with one of them cigars in your hand. Stray ash... fell off and caught those newspapers on fire. You were overcome by smoke. It's better than wasting away in a hospital day after day, don't you think, Moe? I mean, really.
Moe: What?
[using a cigarette lighter, David lights a newspaper, and uses it to burn every file on the desk]
Moe: What the...
[David continues to burn the files]
Moe: Crazy! Crazy animal!
[David destroys all papers everywhere in the office]
Moe: Damn crazy lunatic! What the hell are you doing?
[David knocks Moe unconscious with a phone book. The whole office is on fire. David exits the office and walk out of the building. The flames blow out of the windows and explode in the upper floor]
So for what this is, it is a good TV film. DeMornay as ambitious criminal attorney (she was very good in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle") wonder what she is filming these days.
Anyway, Don Johnson as ladies man who is accused of killing his wife. There is a cameo with Jack Warden (excellenet veteran actor who was also in Lumet's "And Justice for All" and "The Verdict" with Paul Newman an excellent courtroom drama).
Overall we have seen the story before, Johnson as conceited narcissist taunting his attorney...there is a twist at the end. There are several familiar scenes which Hitchcock aficionados will pick up on, including the "North by Northwest" cliffhanger ending. It's been done before, but worth watching for a few decent performances. 8/10.
- MarieGabrielle
- 26 ago 2011
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Dettagli
Botteghino
- Budget
- 12.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 22.866.222 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 5.713.708 USD
- 6 giu 1993
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 22.866.222 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 47 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1