A Civil Action
Justice has its price.
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12/25/1998Runtime
115 minsGenres
Overview
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$70,000,000Revenue
$56,709,981Homepage
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A lawyer's pursuit of a seemingly winnable case spirals into an all-consuming obsession that costs him everything. It's a taut examination of how the promise of justice can become its own corruption.
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John Travolta
Jan Schlichtmann
Robert Duvall
Jerome Facher
Tony Shalhoub
Kevin Conway
William H. Macy
James Gordon
Željko Ivanek
Bill Crowley
Bruce Norris
William Cheeseman
John Lithgow
Judge Walter J. Skinner
Kathleen Quinlan
Anne Anderson
Peter Jacobson
Neil Jacobs
Mary Mara
Kathy Boyer
James Gandolfini
Al Love
Stephen Fry
Pinder
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