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2) Chicago
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Deluxe edition.
Language
English
Description
The story of jazz-loving flapper Roxie Hart, put on trial for the murder of her lover, who hits the headlines with her courtroom theatrics.
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Society grande dame Alice Grenville is appalled when her son marries Ann, an El Morocco showgirl. She snubs her unsuitable daughter-in-law until the young woman unloads a shotgun at what she claims is a prowler, but turns out to be her husband. Then Alice and her elite friends come to the rescue, protecting Ann from a murder charge rather than subject their moneyed circle to the unpleasantness of police and publicity.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Season four returns a few months after the bombshell revelation that Dr. Jason Bull is expecting a child with his ex-wife and Benny's sister, Isabella Col̤n. While Bull prepares for impending fatherhood at home, his work at TAC suffers in the wake of Benny's resignation as TAC's staff attorney after learning Bull slept with Isabel at their father₂s funeral.
Series
Criterion collection volume 600
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A small-town Michigan lawyer takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife. A gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom drama, Anatomy of a murder was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex. More than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding supporting cast and influential jazz score by Duke Ellington,...
6) Boomerang!
Series
Fox film noir volume 16
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
When a beloved priest is gunned down, the local police chief is under enormous pressure to find his murderer. When a massive manhunt produces a suspect, the state's attorney is determined to convict only if it is the right person despite political pressures.
Language
English
Description
Michael 'Mick' Haller is a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime. However, what initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money payoff swiftly develops into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation and a crisis of conscience for Haller....
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Michael 'Mick' Haller is a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. Having spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals, Mick unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime. However, what initially appears to be a straightforward case with a big money payoff swiftly develops into a deadly match between two masters of manipulation and a crisis of conscience for Haller....
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Original UK edition.
Language
English
Description
Will Burton is a junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm, who specializes in spiriting people out of tight legal corners. Much to the aggravation of his courtroom rival, Maggie Gardner, Will has never lost a case. His talents acquit serial killer Liam Foyle of murder, and it is only a matter of time until Foyle kills again.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Previously filmed in 1931 under its original title, Theodore Dreiser's bulky but brilliant novel An American Tragedy was remade in 1951 by George Stevens as A PLACE IN THE SUN. Montgomery Clift stars as George Eastman, a handsome and charming but basically aimless young man who goes to work in a factory run by a distant, wealthy relative. Feeling lonely one evening, he has a brief rendezvous with assembly-line worker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters),...
15) Apple Tree yard
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It is a stunning psychological thriller about a respected female scientist and the single irrational act that leads to her standing trial for murder. Yvonne Carmichael, is a married woman living a quiet life with her husband and two children. Her world is turned upside down when a chance meeting with Mark Costley leads to a passionate affair and a moment of shocking violence. Her only way out is to admit the truth, the truth that would destroy her...
17) Mesmerized
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A young orphan's arranged marriage to a deranged, possessive businessman becomes so unbearable that she attempts to free herself of the relationship and, when her husband dies, is charged with his murder. Based on a true story.
19) Shadow of doubt
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
When the daughter of a billionaire philanthropist is murdered, District Attorney Jack Campioni (Berenger) is quick to indict an up-and-coming rap artist, Bobby Medina (Dominguez). Fresh off the acquital of Councilman Steve Mayer (Ritter), high-profile defense attorney Kitt Devereauz (Griffith) comes to the aid of the young rapper. Teaming with investigator Al Gordon (Lewis), Devereaux finds herself up against unexpected dangerous forces, including...
20) Madame X
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Holly Anderson is blackmailed by her evil mother-in-law into leaving her politician husband and their baby. Twenty years later, she finds herself on trial for murder-- where she is defended by her own son.
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