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About
Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
Theatrical
Nov 9, 1990
Box Office
$15.4M
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 13, 2001
Theaters
6
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Shochiku-Fuji Company, Sovereign Pictures, Reversal Films Inc.
Quotes
See all →Strange Encounters Between Two Unlikely Men
Alan Dershowitz
You are a very strange man.
Claus von Bülow
You have no idea.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Claus von Bülow's Humorous Wordplay on Fear
Claus von Bülow
What do you call a fear of insulin?
Claus von Bülow
Claus-traphobia.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →G
Glenn Close
Sunny von Bülow / Narrator
J
Jeremy Irons
Claus von Bülow
R
Ron Silver
Alan Dershowitz
A
Annabella Sciorra
Sarah
U
Uta Hagen
Maria
F
Fisher Stevens
David Marriott
J
Jack Gilpin
Peter MacIntosh
C
Christine Baranski
Andrea Reynolds
S
Stephen Mailer
Elon Dershowitz
C
Christine Dunford
Ellen
F
Felicity Huffman
Minnie
J
Johann Carlo
Nancy
K
Keith Reddin
Dobbs
A
Alan Pottinger
Chuck
M
Mitchell Whitfield
Curly
T
Tom Wright
Jack
G
Gordon Joseph Weiss
Tom Berman
L
LisaGay Hamilton
Mary
B
Bill Camp
Bill
J
JD Cullum
John
