The Star Chamber
1983 · Movie · R · 105 min · ★ 6.1 · 66% critics
As violent crime rises, an idealistic judge grows disillusioned when dangerous offenders keep slipping free through legal loopholes. When a secret group offers a harsher path to justice, the story turns into a grim moral thriller about law, guilt, and conscience.
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Details
- Years
- 1983
- Release date
- 1983-08-05
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (182 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a dark, debate-starting justice thriller in the vein of The Brave One or Jesse Stone: Stone Cold; Not for you if slow buildup, heavy gloom, or unresolved moral tension frustrate you.
Pros: thought-provoking premise; strong cast; tense moral conflict | Cons: slow buildup; very bleak tone; uneven final stretch
Themes
- right and justice
- husband wife relationship
- judge
- hitman
- secret society
- mission of murder
- serial killer
- los angeles, california
- cynical
- miscarriage of justice
- crime wave
- cautionary
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Michael Douglas
as Steven Hardin
Hal Holbrook
as Benjamin Caulfield
Yaphet Kotto
as Detective Harry Lowes
Sharon Gless
as Emily Hardin
James B. Sikking
as Dr. Harold Lewin
Joe Regalbuto
as Arthur Cooms
Don Calfa
as Lawrence Monk
John DiSanti
as Detective James Wickman
DeWayne Jessie
as Stanley Flowers
Jack Kehoe
as Hingle
Directed by Peter Hyams