Just Cause
1995 · Movie · R · 102 min · ★ 6.3 · 37% critics
A law professor who’s been away from the courtroom for decades is drawn into a death-row case involving a young man convicted of a child’s murder. As he digs into the investigation in a small Southern town, he uncovers troubling questions about the confession, the evidence, and what justice should look like.
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Details
- Years
- 1995
- Release date
- 1995-02-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Critic score
- 37/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (625 votes)
About
If you enjoy tense courtroom mysteries with swampy Southern atmosphere and moral questions about justice, this could work, especially if you like the edge of Ricochet; Not for you if graphic violence and a divisive finale bother you.
Pros: strong cast performances; steady suspense; eerie Southern setting | Cons: predictable at times; heavy subject matter; ending feels implausible
Themes
- florida
- small town
- rape
- based on novel or book
- professor
- innocence
- harvard university
- revenge
- serial killer
Cast & crew
Sean Connery
as Paul Armstrong
Laurence Fishburne
as Sheriff Tanny Brown
Blair Underwood
as Bobby Earl Ferguson
Kate Capshaw
as Laurie Armstrong
Ruby Dee
as Evangeline Ferguson
Scarlett Johansson
as Kate Armstrong
Ed Harris
as Blair Sullivan
Christopher Murray
as Detective T.J. Wilcox
Daniel J. Travanti
as Warden
Ned Beatty
as McNair
Directed by Arne Glimcher