Directed by:
Peter HyamsCinematography:
Richard N. HannahComposer:
Michael SmallCast:
Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, Sharon Gless, James Sikking, Joe Regalbuto, Larry Hankin, Jack Kehoe, Dick Anthony Williams, David Proval (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Hardin is a hard-working, honest judge becoming frustrated with a legal system, that continuously forces him to release criminals on technicalities. He reaches his breaking point when he must set free two members of a child-pornography ring accused of murdering a boy. Feeling defeated, Hardin turns to his mentor Judge Caulfield, who ushers him into a secret society of magistrates called the Star Chamber. These judges act as deadly vigilantes, exacting revenge on heinous lawbreakers freed on technicalities. But when the Star Chamber sets its sights on the child-porno duo, Hardin finds himself protecting the killers, who may not be guilty after all. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Michael Douglas
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Sharon Gless
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