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The suspect in a 12-year-old murder case is finally caught and tried, but the witnesses are a bit hard to track down...The suspect in a 12-year-old murder case is finally caught and tried, but the witnesses are a bit hard to track down...The suspect in a 12-year-old murder case is finally caught and tried, but the witnesses are a bit hard to track down...
Iris Adrian
- Marie
- (uncredited)
Vince Barnett
- Joe
- (uncredited)
Michael Barrett
- Eddie Dalbo
- (uncredited)
Al Bridge
- Ulysses Grant Sheldon
- (uncredited)
John Butler
- Alice's Landlord
- (uncredited)
Frank Cady
- Showbox Puppeteer
- (uncredited)
Robert Cavendish
- Dan Brian
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe poem in the letter written to the public defender by Rolene is taken from the poem known as "Tichborne's Elegy". Chidiock Tichborne took part in the 1586 Babington plot to murder Queen Elizabeth and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots. Tichborne wrote the poem to his wife when he was in the Tower of London awaiting execution. The lines in the letter are taken from the second stanza of Tichborne's 3-stanza poem.
- GoofsWhen Paul Bennett is talking to his father in the hospital after the car chase, the man in the background turns twice to walk off screen.
- Quotes
Kerry McGuire: He's right. I've drunk better alcohol out of compasses.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Major Crimes: Poster Boy (2013)
- SoundtracksWishing Will Make It So
(uncredited)
Written by Buddy G. DeSylva
Performed by Lynne Roberts
[Sally sings the song in the opening scene at the bar]
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very well done little movie
It amazes me when people dismiss a movie because of its short length. I much more appreciate a compact, well written and directed movie than some drivel that drags on and on and makes me wonder what happened to the editor. I watched this movie with low expectations since i had never heard of the director and most of the actors. Despite the number of central characters, the director did an excellent job of quickly defining them and getting to the point of the movie. Any additional footage would have been superfluous and only bogged down the steady pace of the movie. James Anderson was excellent at avoiding the stereotypical unjustly accused victim, he neither ranted about his predicament nor did he come across as the overly likable guy who just happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, which is what is normally expected of that type of roll. Though it's hard to imagine a public defender putting as much work into the case as this one did, i thought it was a great bit of writing to make his pivotal discovery an accident despite the pd's dogged pursuit of those involved 12 years earlier. I highly recommend this movie to those who appreciate tightly written and economically directed movies.
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- Mar 23, 2005
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- Public Defender
- Filming locations
- Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, California, USA(the chase scene that ends with the deaths of Lefty McGuire and the two thugs who shot him was filmed on the section of Cahuenga Boulevard that runs along the East side of the Hollywood Freeway near the Mulholland Bridge in the Cahuenga Pass)
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- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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