The Heavy Hand of the Law
Mar 23, 2017 | IMDB 6
101 min Watch NowDrama, Crime
Gloria is a lawyer who throughout her career has never been able to defend someone who was not guilty. His new client seems to be not so different: a man accused of rape in a small town where no one believes his story.
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