The Chamber (1996)

Directed by

James Foley

Genre

drama film, prison film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 277 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young lawyer takes on the case of a convicted murderer on death row. He discovers the man is his estranged grandfather.

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What happens

The Chamber is a 1996 American legal thriller film directed by James Foley. It is based on John Grisham's 1994 novel of the same name. The film stars Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman (who had previously appeared in another Grisham adaptation, The Firm), Faye Dunaway, Lela Rochon, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry and David Marshall Grant. The Chamber was released by Universal Pictures on October 11, 1996. The film received negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing $22.5 million against a $40 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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