Legally Blonde | |
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Screenplay by | Karen McCullah Lutz Kirsten Smith |
Based on | Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown |
Produced by | Marc Platt Ric Kidney |
Starring | Reese Witherspoon Luke Wilson Selma Blair Matthew Davis Victor Garber Jennifer Coolidge |
Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice. Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy. Votes: 311,477.
Dec 31, 2019 · The lone woman, Mary Surratt (played by Robin Wright), is represented by the reluctant lawyer Frederick Aiken (played by James McAvoy). Surratt owns the boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and the other men planned their crimes.
Jan 20, 2011 · Fairly Legal: Created by Michael Sardo. With Sarah Shahi, Michael Trucco, Virginia Williams, Baron Vaughn. A woman, who quit being an attorney at her father's law firm to become a mediator, copes after her father's death.
Their family bond for each other, while growing up on a farm, is stronger than any prison can break. The movie shows Betty Anne Waters' commitment in freeing her brother as the only thing that will make her life complete. The struggles she endures to become a lawyer, and her willpower to save her brother from any further pain is inspirational.
Ally McBeal | |
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Genre | Legal drama Comedy drama Surreal |
Created by | David E. Kelley |
Starring | Calista Flockhart Courtney Thorne-Smith Greg Germann Lisa Nicole Carson Jane Krakowski Vonda Shepard Portia de Rossi Lucy Liu Peter MacNicol Gil Bellows Hayden Panettiere |
Theme music composer | Vonda Shepard |
Deemed one of the greatest courtroom dramas of all time and based on the novel with the same title, Anatomy of a Murder follows Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler (played by James Stewart), who has his work cut out for him after agreeing to defend Lt. Manion (played by Ben Gazzarra), who murdered a local bar owner after learning he’s been accused of rape.
The Rainmaker (1997) The Rainmaker, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, follows a new attorney by the name of Rudy Baylor, who, struggling to find work, is forced to take a job under another lawyer of questionable morals, played by Mickey Rourke.
5. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) In this film, Tyrone Power plays Leonard Vole, who has been accused of murdering a wealthy woman.
In this film, Tyrone Power plays Leonard Vole, who has been accused of murdering a wealthy woman. Vole is represented by the legendary Sir Wilfrid Robarts (played by Charles Laughton) and, in order to win his case, must have his alibi corroborated by his wife, Christine (played by Marlene Dietrich).
Directed by Jonathan Demme, Philadelphia tells the story of lawyer Andrew Beckett, who struggles to hide his homosexuality, as well as his HIV status, for fear that they will have a negative impact on his career at a prestigious Philadelphia law firm. Eventually, his secrets are exposed by a colleague.
The only lawyer who will help him with his case is Joe Miller, played by Denzel Washington.
Elle follows her ex, Warner Huntington III (played by Matthew Davis), to Harvard law school after he breaks up with her on the night when she expects him to propose.
A woman, who quit being an attorney at her father's law firm to become a mediator, copes after her father's death.
Baron Vaughn (Leonardo Prince) & Ethan Embry (Spencer Reed) also worked together on Grace and Frankie (2015) as Nwabudike Bergstein & Coyote Bergstein respectively.
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction. — Fox Searchlight Pictures
Betty Waters says "The movie is so true to life. Not every scene happened, but every emotion happened."
After making decidedly wrong turns into rom-com in 2007's "P.S.