• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1992-03-13
  • Runtime120 minutes
  • TaglineThere have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.
  • Revenue64,088,552$
  • GenreComedy, Drama
  • Production
    CompaniesPalo Vista Productions, Peter V. Miller Investment Corp., 20th Century Fox, Dale Launer Production
  • Budget11,000,000$

Movie Overview

Two carefree pals from Brooklyn traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend, to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!

Casts

Joe Pesci

Marisa Tomei

Ralph Macchio

Mitchell Whitfield

Fred Gwynne

Lane Smith

Austin Pendleton

Bruce McGill

Maury Chaykin

Paulene Myers

Raynor Scheine

James Rebhorn

Chris Ellis

Lou Walker

J. Don Ferguson

Suzi Bass

Michael Burgess

Jill Jane Clements

Bob Penny