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From the Hip

Getting To The Top Means Working Like A Dog!

5.9 / 10

111 minutes

1987-02-06

English

US

Actors :

Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt, Darren McGavin, Dan Monahan, David Alan Grier, Nancy Marchand, Allan Arbus, Edward Winter, Richard Zobel, Ray Walston, Robert Irvin Elliott, Beatrice Winde, Art Hindle, Priscilla Pointer

Description

Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of murder.

Reviews

John Chard

John Chard

5/16/2024, 3:22:22 PM

Legal satire and conundrums just work for me I guess. Robin "Stormy" Weathers is desperate to rise up the ladder at the law firm he is employed by - sooner rather than later! Manufacturing a series of events, Weathers crow bars his way into a position of prestige. But just as he thinks he has finally made it, the partners saddle him with a no-win trial... Directed by Bob Clark and starring...