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A Civil Action

Justice has its price.

1998 · PG-13 · 1h 55m

Directed by Steven Zaillian

6.5

TMDB audience score
522 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • 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

  • Denise Dowse
    Judge Constance Mullen

  • Dan Hedaya
    John Riley

  • David Thornton
    Richard Aufiero

  • Sydney Pollack
    Al Eustis

  • Ned Eisenberg
    Uncle Pete

  • Margot Rose
    Donna Robbins