The Lawyer (film)
1970 film by Sidney J. Furie / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lawyer is a 1970 American courtroom drama film loosely based on the Sam Sheppard murder case in which a physician is charged with killing his wife following a highly publicized and sloppy investigation. The film was directed by Sidney J. Furie and stars Barry Newman as the energetic, opportunistic defense attorney Tony Petrocelli and Diana Muldaur as his wife Ruth Petrocelli.,[2]
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The Lawyer | |
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Directed by | Sidney J. Furie |
Written by | Sidney J. Furie Harold Buchman |
Produced by | Brad Dexter |
Starring | Barry Newman Diana Muldaur Harold Gould |
Cinematography | Ralph Woolsey |
Edited by | Argyle Nelson Jr. |
Music by | Malcolm Dodds |
Production company | Furie Productions |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.8 million[1] |
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The film is the source of the role that Newman reprised in the television series Petrocelli.