Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
03-15-1991
1h 51m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Herbert Ross
Production:
Paramount Pictures
Revenue:
$418,807
Budget:
$20,000,000
Key Crew
Second Assistant Director:
Glen Trotiner
First Assistant Director:
Michael Haley
Second Second Assistant Director:
Tim Williams
Producer:
Herbert Ross
Original Music Composer:
Trevor Jones
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
John Cusack
John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American actor. Cusack began acting in films during the 1980s, starring in coming-of-age dramedies such as Sixteen Candles (1984), Better Off Dead (1985), The Sure Thing (1985), Stand by Me (1986), and Say Anything... (1989). In the 1990s, he then started appearing in independent films and had leading men roles in Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Con Air (1997), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), The Thin Red Line (1998), Being John Malkovich (1999), High Fidelity (2000), America's Sweethearts (2001), Max (2002), and Runaway Jury (2003).
Cusack has been nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe for his role starring in High Fidelity. He won the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Maps to the Stars. He is a son of filmmaker Dick Cusack and the younger brother of actresses Joan and Ann Cusack.
In 2012, Cusack was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor. He is known for often portraying eccentric and morally ambiguous characters. He started his career in critically acclaimed independent films before transitioning into television, for which he received numerous awards and acclaim, including three Primetime Emmy Awards as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and ten Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Spader started his career acting in youth-orientated films such as Tuff Turf (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), and Mannequin (1987). His breakthrough role came with the Steven Soderbergh drama Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), for which he received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He then starred in films such as White Palace (1990), True Colours (1991), Stargate (1994), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), and Secretary (2002). Spader took supporting roles in Bob Roberts (1992), Wolf (1994), Lincoln (2012), and The Homesman (2014). He also played the role of Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
His television roles include the attorney Alan Shore in the last season of The Practice (2003–2004) and its spin-off Boston Legal (2004–2008), which earned him three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He portrayed Robert California in the sitcom The Office (2011–2012). Spader is also known for starring as Raymond Reddington in the NBC crime thriller series The Blacklist (2013–2023), for which he received two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor—TV Series Drama.
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Mandy Patinkin is an American stage, film and television actor and tenor vocalist. Patinkin is a noted interpreter of the music of Stephen Sondheim and is known for his work in musical theatre, originating iconic roles such as Georges Seurat in Sunday in the Park with George, Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden and Burrs in The Wild Party. He has also appeared in television series' such as Chicago Hope, Dead Like Me, the first two seasons of Criminal Minds, and Homeland. His most noted film role was as Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride.
Richard Widmark (December 26, 1914 – March 24, 2008) was an American actor of films, stage, radio and television.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film, Kiss of Death. Early in his career Widmark specialized in similar villainous or anti-hero roles in films noir, but he later branched out into more heroic leading and support roles in westerns, mainstream dramas and horror films, among others.
At his death, Widmark was the earliest surviving Oscar nominee in the Supporting Actor category, and one of only two left from the 1940s (the other having been James Whitmore). For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Widmark has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6800 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2002, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Dina Merrill (born Nedenia Marjorie Hutton; December 29, 1923 – May 22, 2017) was an American actress, heiress, socialite, businesswoman, and philanthropist.
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Paul Guilfoyle is an American stage and screen actor, best known for playing Captain Jim Brass on the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". He graduated from Yale University in 1977 with a major in economics and studied at the Actor's Studio in New York City.
He is often mistakenly referred to as the son of character actor Paul Guilfoyle but they are not related.
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Larry Joshua (born February 12, 1952) is an American actor who has appeared in over 50 productions since 1981. Some of his more famous films include The Burning (1981), Sea of Love (1989), Quick Change (1990), A Midnight Clear (1992), Romeo is Bleeding (1993), The X Files (1998), For Love of the Game (1999) and Spider-Man (2002). He appeared in two Academy Award for Best Picture winners: Dances with Wolves (1990) and Unforgiven (1992). Joshua has also had a significant television career. He was one of the cast members of the ill-fated police musical series Cop Rock (1990). He also had a recurring role as Capt. Clifford Bass on NYPD Blue (1995-2001). Joshua also made appearances on Search for Tomorrow, Miami Vice, Party of Five, Chicago Hope, Law & Order and ER. Joshua was born in New York City. Joshua and soap opera actress Sharon Rose Gabet were married from 1984 to 1996 before divorcing. The couple have three children.
Rhonda 'Ronnie' Farer (born October 19, 1951, is an American stage, film and voice actress.
She has acting roles in Safe (1995), True Colors (1991), Donnie Brasco (1997), The Opportunists (2000), The Boy Who Cried Bitch: The Adolescent Years (2007), and Better Half (2020). She has also appeared on As the World Turns, Law & Order, The Unusuals, and The Good Wife.
Her voice work includes Good Morning America Promos, Live with Regis and Kelly Promos, Krampus (2015) Trailer, and Pavarotti: A Life in Seven Arias Promo. She also narrated Season 2 of Oxygen's true-crime series Snapped and narrated for part of the Biography Channel series Killer Kids.
Hoffman produces and periodically directs the CBS drama Madam Secretary. He is also developing, with producing partner Frances McDormand, an adaptation of Michael Pollan’s best-seller The Omnivore’s Dilemma.
Hoffman created the web series Old Jews Telling Jokes, which has been viewed over 50 million times, released on DVD, and broadcast on the BBC. His book, based on the series, is now in its sixth printing and the off-Broadway play derived from the series currently tours throughout North America.
Feature films he has produced include Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, John Carney’s Begin Again, and Richard Loncraine’s 5 Flights Up. Earlier in his career, Hoffman also assistant directed such acclaimed titles as The Royal Tenenbaums, School of Rock, Donnie Brasco, Dead Man Walking, and Groundhog Day.
Scott Wickware is a Canadian character actor with over 130 credits in film and television to his name including bit and supporting parts in multiple Hollywood productions. He is best known for his appearances in the First Goosebumps series (1995) based on the popular books by R.L Stine, having played multiple character from the books including The Haunted Mask and The Masked Mutant. He has also appeared in the Santa Claus (1994), Dick (1999), Down to Earth (2001) and The Tuxedo (2002).
