The Lawyer (1970)

Directed by

Sidney J. Furie

Genre

crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A defense attorney takes on a notorious murder case where a physician is accused of killing his wife. The trial is complicated by sloppy police work and public pressure.

tensegrittyearnestmethodicalsuspensefullow-keycerebralrestrained

What happens

The Lawyer is a 1970 American courtroom drama film loosely based on the Sam Sheppard murder case in which a physician is charged with killing his wife following a highly publicized and sloppy investigation. The film was directed by Sidney J. Furie and stars Barry Newman as the energetic, opportunistic defense attorney Tony Petrocelli and Diana Muldaur as his wife Ruth Petrocelli. The film is the source of the role that Newman reprised in the television series Petrocelli. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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