...And Justice for All (film)

...And Justice for All is a 1979 courtroom drama film, directed by Norman Jewison, and starring Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe, and Lee Strasberg,Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Lahti, Craig T. Nelson, and Thomas G. Waites appear in supporting roles. The Oscarnominated screenplay was written by Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson.

Arthur Kirkland Al Pacino, a defense attorney in Baltimore, is in jail on a charge of contempt of court for having thrown a punch at judge Henry T. Fleming John Forsythe while arguing the case of Jeff McCullaugh Thomas G. Waites, who was stopped for a minor traffic offense but then mistaken for a killer of the same name and has already spent a year and a half in jail, as Kirkland continues his efforts to have the case reviewed against Flemings resistance. Though there is strong new evidence that Jeff is innocent, Fleming refuses McCullaughs appeal due to a minor technicality and leaves him in prison. After being released, Arthur takes another case, that of transgender individual Ralph Agee Robert Christian, arrested for small crime and becoming a victim of the legal system.When not working, Arthur pays regular nursing home visits to his grandfather Sam Lee Strasberg, who is becoming senile, giving his grandson advices such as If youre not honest, youre nothing. It is revealed that Arthur was abandoned by his parents at a young age, and it was Sam who raised him and put him through law school. Arthur also begins a romance with a legal ethics committee member, Gail Packer Christine Lahti. ........

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