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Subgenre Sampler
Crown Court (TV Series) (1972)- "Water cooler" British courtroom drama that used fictional cases, but presented them before a jury comprised of members of the actual public. Cases…
Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)- Dir. Giuliano Montaldo
Feat. Gian Maria Volonte, Cyril Cusack, Geoffrey Keen - Based on the true story of the trial and execution of Italian–American anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, widely considered to be…
Bloody Judge, The (Trono di fuoco, Il) (1970)- Dir. Jess Franco
Feat. Christopher Lee, Maria Schell, Leo Genn… - More lavish than the usual fare of horror dir. Franco, here telling the tale of a corrupt witchfinder (Lee) in 16th century England, based around the…
Madame X (1966)- Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban… - Sudsy melodrama with Turner as a woman with a past who's dalliance with a wealthy politician leads to murder. Superior weepie, lushly mounted and…
King and Country (1964)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtenay, Leo McKern - Earnest, expertly acted drama in which a detached army lawyer (Dirk Bogarde) attempts to defend a working–class deserter (Tom Courtenay) during…
Murder Most Foul (1964)- Dir. George Pollock
Feat. Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles Tingwell… - Fourth and final film in the Agatha Christie/MGM set. Rutherford appears again as Miss Marple, defiant as the only member of a jury who believes the…
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)- Dir. Robert Mulligan
Feat. Gregory Peck, Mary Badham - Moving adaptation stars Gregory Peck in an Oscar–winning performance as the genial lawyer who defends an innocent Negro accused of rape in the…
Trial and Error (The Dock Brief) (1962)- Dir. James Hill
Feat. Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Beryl Reid - Sellers plays a washed–up barrister who must represent wife–murderer Attenborough, who insists upon his guilt. This is ignored by Sellers…
Judgement at Nuremberg (1961)- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Maximilian Schell… - Dramatisation of the trial of the Nazi judges at Nuremberg, facing the patient integrity of Judge Spencer Tracy. Epic, gripping courtroom drama, with…
Town Without Pity (1961)- Dir. Gottfried Reinhardt
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Robert Blake, Richard Jaeckel… - Bitter legal drama with Kirk Douglas defending four American soldiers charged with the gang rape of a young German woman. Somewhat sluggish in its…
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