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About
Two carefree pals 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 has 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!
Theatrical
Mar 13, 1992
Box Office
$64.1M
Budget
$11.0M
Return
5.8x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 25, 2000
Theaters
2
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Palo Vista Productions, Peter V. Miller Investment Corp., 20th Century Fox, Dale Launer Production
Keywords
prison
southern usa
small town
alabama
court case
suspicion
cousin
court
lawyer
fish out of water
convenience store robbery
courtroom
defense attorney
wrongful arrest
expert witness
nostalgic
curious
murder suspect
engaged couple
courtroom drama
ironic
best friends
deep south
understated
absurd
amused
joyful
Quotes
See all →A Unique Take on Courtroom Dramas
Taglines
There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified The Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
A Comedy of Trial and Error
Taglines
A Comedy of Trial and Error
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →R
Ralph Macchio
Bill Gambini
J
Joe Pesci
Vinny Gambini
M
Marisa Tomei
Mona Lisa Vito
M
Mitchell Whitfield
Stan Rothenstein
F
Fred Gwynne
Judge Chamberlain Haller
L
Lane Smith
Jim Trotter III
A
Austin Pendleton
John Gibbons
B
Bruce McGill
Sheriff Farley
M
Maury Chaykin
Sam Tipton
P
Paulene Myers
Constance Riley
R
Raynor Scheine
Ernie Crane
J
James Rebhorn
George Wilbur
C
Chris Ellis
J.T.
L
Lou Walker
Grits Cook
K
Kenny Jones
Jimmy Willis
T
Thomas Merdis
Man in Town Square
J
J. Don Ferguson
Guard #1
M
Michael Genevie
Guard #2
R
Ron Leggett
Deputy #2
L
Larry Shuler
Hotel Clerk
