...And Justice for All
...And Justice for All is a 1979 American legal comedy-drama film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Al Pacino, Jack Warden and John Forsythe. Lee Strasberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Lahti, Craig T. Nelson, Thomas Waites and Sam Levene (in his final screen performance) appear in supporting roles. The Oscar-nominated screenplay was written by Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson. It was filmed in Baltimore, including the courthouse area. It received two Academy Award nominations: Best Actor (Pacino) and Best Original Screenplay (Curtin and Levinson).
Plot
Arthur Kirkland, a Baltimore defense attorney, is in jail on a contempt-of-court charge after punching Judge Henry T. Fleming while arguing the case of Jeff McCullaugh. McCullaugh was stopped for a minor traffic offense, then mistaken for a killer of the same name, and has already spent a year and a half in jail without being convicted of a crime. Although there is strong new evidence that McCullaugh is innocent, Fleming refuses to consider his appeal due to its late submission, so he remains in prison. Kirkland starts a new case defending Ralph Agee, a young black cross-dresser arrested for a robbery who is terrified of being sent to prison.
More details
| author | Barry Levinson Valerie Curtin |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Baltimore |
| director | Norman Jewison |
| editor | John F. Burnett |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | arrest assault bdsm beat cheer claim cross-dresser defense attorney disbar disturb engage hear kill korean war korean war veteran law school legal system m1911 pistol nursing home open shave shoulder holster steal war veteran young woman |
| musicBy | Dave Grusin |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
| producer | Norman Jewison Patrick Palmer |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| theme | legal drama |