• Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Courtroom Comedy, Romantic Comedy
• Themes: Opposites Attract, Femmes Fatales, Bohemian Life
• Director: Ivan Reitman
• Main Cast: Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp
• Release Year: 1986
• Country: US
• Run Time: 116 minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG

Plot

Ivan Reitman directed this film, starring Robert Redford, Debra Winger, and Daryl Hannah, that is an amalgam of a thriller, courtroom drama, mystery and Tracy-Hepburn romantic comedy, with a little Mark Rothko-type scandal thrown in. The film revolves around troubled Chelsea Deardon (Daryl Hannah) who as an eight-year-old girl witnessed her father, a famous artist, perishing in a blaze along with his valuable art works. Twenty years later, Chelsea is arrested for stealing one of her father's paintings from an unscrupulous New York art dealer. She claims many more of her father's paintings survived the fire long ago. Defending Chelsea is lawyer Laura Kelly (Debra Winger). Pitted against her is suave district attorney Tom Logan (Robert Redford). Laura thinks if Tom knew the facts behind the case, he would reconsider and exonerate Chelsea. He doesn't, but one night when Chelsea appears at his doorstep, he does permit her to seduce him. The next morning, one of the art dealers involved in the case is found dead, and Chelsea is found in Tom's apartment. Chelsea becomes the prime suspect in the murder and Tom's career is ruined. Inexplicably, Laura hires Tom to help her defend Chelsea. The two lawyers, in researching their defense, not only uncover a scandal involving art dealership, but also fall in love. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Robert Redford - Tom Logan
• Debra Winger - Laura Kelly
• Daryl Hannah - Chelsea Deardon
• Brian Dennehy - Cavanaugh
• Terence Stamp - Victor Taft

Steven Hill - Bower; David Clennon - Blanchard; John McMartin - Forrester; Jennifer Dundas - Jennifer Logan; Roscoe Lee Browne - Judge Dawkins; Christine Baranski - Carol Freeman; Sara Botsford - Barbara; Thomas Barbour - Bored Judge; Peter Boyden - McHugh; Bart Burns - Judge; Burke Byrnes - Cop; Christian Clemenson - Clerk; Lou Cutell - Kapstan; Ron Foster - Reporter; Bruce French - Reporter; Vincent Guastaferro - Cop; Kevin Hagen - Cop; Lynn Hamilton - Doreen; Grant Heslov - Usher; James Hurdle - Sebastian Deardon; Paul Jabara - Taxi Driver; Gary Klar - Hit Man; Everett Quinton - Attorney; Jay Thomas - Waiter in Restaurant; Shannon Wilcox - Mrs. Williams; Brian Doyle-Murray - Shaw; David Hart - Marchek; Ivan Reitman; Annie Abbott - Secretary; Robert Benedetti - Bearded Speaker; Robert Curtis-Brown - Roger; Chevi Colton - Short Lady; Gabrielle de Cuir - Reporter; Mary Alison Griffin - Young Chelsea; Duitch Helmer - Lady in Gallery; Ken Kiban - Reporter; John Marion - Auctioneer; Alex Nevil - Messenger; Barbara Pallenberg - Assistant to Auctioneer; Liz Sheridan - Little Old Lady; Debra Stricklin - Reporter; Olivia Ward - Nanny; Rudy Willrich - Reporter; Charles Brown - Real Cavanaugh; Kristine Sutherland - Secretary; Michael Anthony - Courtroom Spectator

Credit

Johnny Kay - Songwriter; Deborah Lucchessi - Casting; Elmer Bernstein - Composer (Music Score); Gene Black - Songwriter; Boss Film Corp. - Special Effects; Jim Cash - Screenwriter; Carlos Cerrada - Set Designer; Michael Chapman - Songwriter; Rudy Clark - Songwriter; Jack Epps, Jr. - Screenwriter; Jack Epps, Jr. - Short Story Author; Thomas Fisher - Special Effects; Alan R. Gibbs - Stunts; Arnold Glimcher - Associate Producer; William D. Gordean - Editor; Daryl Hannah - Songwriter; Pembroke J. Herring - Editor; Ron Hobbs - Art Director; Tom Hoerber - Makeup; Sheldon Kahn - Associate Producer; Sheldon Kahn - Editor; Peter Kelly - Set Designer; Holly Knight - Songwriter; Laszlo Kovacs - Cinematographer; Gary D. Liddiard - Makeup; Joe Medjuck - Executive Producer; Bernie Pollack - Costume Designer; Ivan Reitman - Director; Ivan Reitman - Producer; Arthur Resnick - Songwriter; Thomas Roysden - Set Designer; Moreve Rushton - Songwriter; Steve Sardanis - Set Designer; Bill Schirmer - Special Effects; John G. Wilson - Production Manager; Albert Wolsky - Costume Designer; John De Cuir - Production Designer; Howard Feuer - Casting; Mario Roberts - Stunts; Michael J. Gross - Executive Producer; Jay B. King - Special Effects

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