Criminal Law
A rising young attorney successfully defends a murder suspect, only to have the same type of murder occur again. The previously defended man immediately hires the attorney again, and despite the attorney's certainty that he is the murderer, he agrees to defend him again... much to the chagrin of his friends. However, he explains that by acting as his attorney, he will be better able to catch the man in error... and so the rest of the film progresses, with the killer playing a cat and mouse game with the attorney until, at long last, they both must recognize that they are not all that different.
Released: 1988-01-01