Summary
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
Cast
Andy García
Sean Casey
Ian Holm
Liam Casey
James Gandolfini
Joey Allegretto
Lena Olin
Peggy Lindstrom
Shiek Mahmud-Bey
Jordan Washington
Colm Feore
Elihu Harrison
Ron Leibman
Morgenstern
Richard Dreyfuss
Sam Vigoda
Dominic Chianese
Judge Impelliteri
Paul Guilfoyle
McGovern
Bonnie Rose
Instructor
Norman Matlock
Detective
Sidney Armus
Judge
Bobby Cannavale
Vigoda Assistant #1
Marcia Jean Kurtz
Eileen
Jude Ciccolella
Lieutenant Wilson
John Randolph Jones
Captain Lawrence
Jim Moody
Mayor Williams
Frank Vincent
Captain
James Murtaugh
Man in Asylum
Melba Martinez
Legal Aid Attorney
Santo Fazio
Eduardo
Anthony Alessandro
Shmuel
David Fonteno
Captain #1
John Seitz
Captain #2
Robert Sean Miller
Captain #3
Stephen Beach
Cop #2
Vincent Pastore
Cop #3
Nafisah Sayyed
Half-Naked Girl
Chuck Pfeiffer
Captain Gentile
Clark D. Williams
News #1
Bill Boggs
News #2
Tamara Phillips
News #3
Louis Guss
Court Clerk
Richard Bright
64 Precinct Lieutenant
Ronald von Klaussen
65 Precinct Sergeant
John Di Benedetto
Patrolman #2
Kevin Ramsey
Sean's Assistant
Kermit Frazier
Jury Foreman
Veronica Hall
Pier Cop
Vic Noto
Police Diver Cochran
Socorro Santiago
Lab Assistant
Fran Anthony
Moderator
Donna Hanover
TV Newsperson #1
Jack Cafferty
TV Newsperson #3
Kaity Tong
TV Newsperson #4
Allen Collodow
Cop #1
Dennis Paladino
Cop #2
Mike Cammallere
Sergeant #1
Jim Mauro
Lieutenant #1
Salvatore Paul Piro
Cop #4
Mike Girard Sheehan
Sergeant #2
Joseph Mosso
Lieutenant #2
Teddy Coluca
Reporter #1
Roslyn Cohn
Reporter #2
Elliot Cuker
Reporter #3
Yvette Mercedes
Meter Maid
Kristina Lear
Girl in Restaurant
Joe Drago
D.A. Driver
Catherine Schreiber
Sean's Ass't #2
Crew
Director, Screenplay
Sidney Lumet
Novel
Robert Daley
Reviews
Geronimo1967
February 26, 2023
6
This film starts and ends with some lovely jazz, thereafter it is all rather an unremarkable crime thriller. When a drug dealer kills three cops and then escapes in a patrol car, the District Attorney "Morgie" (Ron Liebman) announces that when the perpetrator is apprehended, he is going to be prosecuted by the newly qualified lawyer (and ex-cop) son of one of those officers seriously injured by the attacker. "Casey" (Andy Garcia) is that man, and after a curiously far-fetched turn of events finds himself facing the killer in court and next thing, he is DA himself and party to an investigation into police corruption that might well lead to his own nearest and dearest. To be honest, I found this whole thing all just too convenient. It's all just a bit too "nice" and the courtroom scenes at the start which also feature Richard Dreyfuss are really underwhelming. The plot is messy and the conclusion really lacks, well, substance. It looks good and combined with the score is effective at creating a New York that is seedy and immoral - but Garcia just hasn't the gravitas to pull this off and Ian Holm (his father "Liam") is no great shakes either. It's watchable on the telly on a wet winter's evening, but that's about the height of it, sorry.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$10,000,000.00
Revenue:
$9,889,670.00
