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.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Anatomy of a Murder
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The Cousins
Becoming Jane
Jack Irish: Dead Point
Hang 'em High
Five Moons Plaza
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Judgment at Nuremberg
12 Angry Men
The Usual Suspects
The Fish Child
Lady for a Day
An Act of Murder
Female Perversions
Masquerade
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IMDB 7.8 | Jul , 1959
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IMDB 6 | Jan , 1997
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IMDB 7.3 | Mar , 2007
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IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 1933
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IMDB 4.9 | Apr , 1997
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