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DSL Video Collection — U thru Z |
The Verdict (20th Century Fox 1982), color, 129 min. (#69)
Directed by Sydney Lumet. Cast: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, and James Mason.
Newman is a alcoholic lawyer who gets one last chance to redeem himself. An interesting aside during your Professional Responsibility course — try to spot all the mistakes.
The Wannsee Conference (1987), color, in German with English subtitles, 85 min. (#117)
Recreation of the meeting in January 1942 which began the Nazis' efforts to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe. They planned the holocaust over a buffet lunch and brandy.
The War of the Roses (1989), color, 116 min. (#96)
Directed by Danny DeVito. Cast: Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, and Danny DeVito.
The ultimate in bad divorces. Must viewing for the future family lawyer — pray that all your clients are as rich and good looking as these two.
Witness for the Prosecution (1957), b & w, 116 min. (#87)
Directed by Billy Wilder. Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, and Charles Laughton.
A classic courtroom melodrama based on an Agatha Christie play.
The Wrong Man (Warner Bros. 1956), b & w, 105 min. (#49)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, and Anthony Quayle.
Seeing is believing . . . or is it? Witnesses to a series of armed robberies accuse the wrong man. The man's wife is driven to madness by the ensuing ordeal.
Young Mr. Lincoln (20th Century Fox 1940), b & w, 100 min. (#172)
Cast: Henry Fonda and Alice Brady.
Remember in Catch-22 how Major Major bore a sickly resemblence to Henry Fonda? Well here Fonda bears a sickly resemblence to Abe Lincoln. Romanticized biography of our 16th Prez, an incite into the historical viewpoint of Americans at mid-20th century.
The Young Philadelphians (1959), b & w, 139 min. (#99)
Cast: (a young) Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, and Brian Keith.
Trial drama set among the social elite of Philadelphia.
