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The Client (1995)

The Client poster
Genre
thriller
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 21 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy gets caught up in a dangerous legal case after learning secrets from a mob lawyer who killed himself. A determined lawyer and a tough FBI agent race to protect the boy from the mob and the law.

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What happens

The Client (also referred to as John Grisham's The Client) is an American legal thriller drama television series developed by Judith Paige Mitchell that aired on CBS for one season, premiering with a two-hour pilot on September 17, 1995, and airing new episodes through April 16, 1996. The series was based on the 1994 film The Client, itself adapted from the 1993 John Grisham novel. It stars JoBeth Williams, John Heard, and Polly Holliday in the roles created in the film by Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, and Micole Mercurio, respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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