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Following the closing arguments in a murder trial, the twelve members of the jury must deliberate, with a guilty verdict meaning death for the accused, an inner-city teen. As the dozen men try to reach a unanimous decision while sequestered in a solitary, sweltering room, one juror (Henry Fonda, The Ox-Bow Incident) casts considerable doubt on elements of the case. Personal issues soon rise to the surface, and conflict threatens to derail the delicate...
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When a wealthy widow is found murdered, her married lover is accused of the crime. The lawyer defending him is in ill health and his only hope for acquittal is the testimony of the accused's wife, proving his alibi. However, she has some secrets of her own to reveal.
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American judge Daniel Haywood presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of "legalizing" Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts of sterilization and murder unfold in the courtroom, mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood into making the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career.
5) Madame X
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"When widowed Holly Parker (Lana Turner), neglected by her new wealthy socialite husband (John Forsythe), is romantically pursued by playboy Phil Benton (Ricardo Montalban), tragedy strikes. Constance Bennett in her last film role, playing Holly's mother-in-law, turns nemesis, forcing her to leave her husband and infant son to protect their reputation. Travelling the world in a haze of drugs and alcohol for twenty\ years, Holly returns to her home...
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"The scene is Victorian London, where [a] wealthy widow is being sued for breach of promise by her much-younger ex-fiancé. [A] highly respected barrister is engaged to defend her in court who 40 years earlier had been his lover. He is driven to hilarious distraction by her adamant insistence that she has never seen him before in her life"--Container.
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Based on the real-life 1925 trial featuring Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond battles fundamentalist Matthew Brady in a Tennessee courtroom when schoolteacher Bertram Cates is put on trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law that prohibits public school teachers from teaching evolution.
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It chronicles the true story of the renowned playwright₂s courtroom clashes with the Marquess of Queensberry and the tragic turn his life takes because of it. Peter Finch (Network) gives a fascinating, BAFTA-winning portrayal of the brilliant Irish writer, who brings a libel suit against the Marquess after he accuses Wilde of seducing his son, Lord Alfred Douglas. The hearing results in Wilde₂s own scandalous trial and prosecution for gross indecency...
11) Cop-out
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John Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since his wife left him. When his daughter's boyfriend is accused of murder, Sawyer decides to try to pull himself together and defend him in court.
12) 12 angry men
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Courtroom drama revolving around the trial of a boy accused of killing his father, where one man stands between him and capital punishment.
13) Inherit the wind
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Screen legends Jack Lemmon (The Apartment) and George C. Scott (Hardcore) electrify the screen in this stunning remake of the most dazzling courtroom drama of all time. When a courageous schoolteacher dares to introduce his students to Darwin's theory of evolution, his small Bible Belt town won't stand for it. Fearing that this "blasphemy" will poison the minds of their children, the devout townspeople lock the teacher behind bars. Enter Henry Drummond...
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