The Penalty Phase (1986)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Release: 1986-11-18
Director: Tony Richardson (I) (1928–1991)
Writers: Gale Patrick Hickman
Language: English
Stars: Peter Strauss , Jonelle Allen , Karen Austin , Jane Badler , John Harkins , Millie Perkins , Mitchell Ryan , Richard Bright , Richard Chaves , Rossie Harris
Runtime: 96 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: A Face da Justiça (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Verdict (France, French Republic) , Dead or Alive , The Penalty Phase , Penalty Phase - Tage der Entscheidung , El peso de la ley (Spain) , Dommen (Norway) , Domen (Sweden) , Dylemat sędziego (Poland) , Doble sentencia (Spain) , The Penalty Phase (United States of America)
Plot: Things looked pretty simple: the confessed murderer had all the evidence against him. The Prosecutor Jansen could not have been more relentless, conservative and incisive. Furthermore, the jury already had a verdict: guilty of the more than 30 charges against him. But suddenly Judge Kenneth Hoffman finds out that the evidence was not obtained legally, so the procedure is void. Judge Hoffman is in the middle of this legal storm, although he wants to apply the law strictly, he will find everybody against him.
IMDB:tt0091741