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Nuts (1987)

Nuts poster
Directed by
Martin Ritt
Genre
drama film, trial film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 56m
Rated
18
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 125 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman accused of manslaughter fights to be deemed competent to stand trial. Her lawyer works to expose the truth behind her troubled past and the circumstances of the incident.

tenseemotionalconfrontationalgrittycerebraldramaticslow-burn

What happens

Nuts is a 1987 American legal drama film directed by Martin Ritt, starring Barbra Streisand and Richard Dreyfuss. The screenplay by Tom Topor, Darryl Ponicsan and Alvin Sargent is based on Topor's 1979 play of the same title. Nuts was the final film for veteran actors Karl Malden and Robert Webber; the movie also featured Leslie Nielsen in his last non-comedic role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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