License to Kill

Dec 16, 1986

1h 36m

★ 5.7

He is their only hope for justice.

Overview

A grieving family whose daughter was killed in a car crash with a drunken driver is outraged and frustrated as they encounter the inevitable bureaucratic delays in bringing the case to trial. Once in the courtroom, they are horror-stricken as the young, hard-pressed district attorney seems unable to overcome the technicalities and maneuverings that the driver's attorney uses to keep his client out of jail and still on the streets as a legal driver. When the judge is forced to rule time and again in favor of the defense, it appears that the driver might escape punishment altogether.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Marian Rees Associates

D. Petrie Productions

CBS

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Cast

John Peterson

James Farentino

Judith Peterson

Penny Fuller

Tom Fiske

Don Murray

Mary Fiske

Millie Perkins

Amy Peterson

Ari Meyers

Howard Webster

Donald Moffat

Judge Miriam Roth

Jacqueline Brookes

Lynne Peterson

Kristen Vigard

Martin Sawyer

Denzel Washington

Steve

George Martin

Officer Caskey

John M. Jackson

Reece Campbell

Josef Rainer

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

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