Just Cause (1995)

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Directed by

Arne Glimcher

Starring (View all)

Sean Connery
Paul Armstrong

Laurence Fishburne
Sheriff Tanny Brown

Kate Capshaw
Laurie Prentiss Armstrong

Blair Underwood
Bobby Earl

Ed Harris
Blair Sullivan

Christopher Murray
Detective T.J. Wilcox

Ruby Dee
Evangeline

Scarlett Johansson
Katie Armstrong

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John Katzenbach
(novel)

Jeb Stuart
(screenplay) and

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An average movie

13 years, 6 months ago at Nov 3 12:07

johanlefourbe

Since I have a huge weak spot for Sean Connery, I was really eager to check this flick and, God, I really wanted to like this movie... Indeed, it looked pretty good, basically a moody thriller starring the great Sean Connery, and the always dependable Laurence Fisburne. And indeed, it started alright and the story was interesting and entertaining enough but the end was just really disappointing an... read more

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Description: The year is 1986. In Ochopee, Florida, 11-year-old Joanie Shriver is kidnapped, raped, and murdered. Bobby Earl Ferguson is arrested by officers Tanny Brown and J. T. Wilcox, who proceed to beat Bobby into confessing to the murder. Bobby is placed on trial, where Bobby's defense attorney McNair puts up a lousy defense for Bobby, and Bobby is sentenced to be executed. Now, eight years later, Bobby hands a letter to his grandmother Evangeline and asks Evangeline to go to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to hire Harvard law professor Paul Armstrong to clear Bobby's name. At Harvard, Paul is attacking capital punishment in a campus debate, ... (more)

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" Just Cause is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed by Arne Glimcher and starring Sean Connery and Laurence Fishburne. It is based on John Katzenbach's novel of the same name. Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime, he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the local police, but they aren't interested, Bobby was their killer"

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"Character: Katie Armstrong"

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" Directed by: Arne Glimcher Produced by: Lee Rich, Steve Perry, Sean Connery, and Arne Glimcher Written by: Jeb Stewart and Peter Stone Based on the novel by: John Katzenbach Cinematography: Lajos Koltai Edited by: William M. Henderson Music by: James Newton Howard Distributed by: Warner Bros."