The Star Chamber (1983) [R]

Release Date:
August 5, 1983

Original Title:
The Star Chamber

Alternate Titles:
A Câmara Secreta
Den inre cirkeln
Dommeren ser rødt
Frikjent til døden
Los verdugos de la justicia
O Esquadrão da Justiça
Päiväsi ovat luetut
Η Νύχτα των Δικαστών
密殺集団

Genres:
Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
20th Century Fox
Frank Yablans Presentations

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  FR: U  US: R 

Runtime: 105

They meet. They judge. They execute.

As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle with his tortured conscience and growing despair as he watches helplessly as the ruthless criminals brought before his court go free because clever lawyers find obscure loopholes in the law.

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Art Direction:
Bo Welch

Assistant Camera:
Don E. FauntLeRoy

Assistant Editor:
Joanna Cappuccilli Lovetti

Assistant Sound Editor:
Carolyn Colwell

Associate Editor:
Charles Tetoni

Associate Producer:
Kurt Neumann
Jonathan A. Zimbert

Camera Operator:
Ralph Gerling

Casting:
Penny Perry

Casting Assistant:
Annette Benson

Construction Coordinator:
Everett Olson

Costume Designer:
Patricia Norris

Costumer:
G. Tony Scarano
Nancy Martinelli

Director:
Peter Hyams

Director of Photography:
Richard Hannah

Editor:
James Mitchell

First Assistant Director:
William S. Beasley

Gaffer:
John Baron

Hairstylist:
Dorothea Long

Key Grip:
Tom May

Leadman:
Howard McCormick

Makeup Artist:
Michael Westmore

Music Editor:
Jan Gershkoff

Original Music Composer:
Michael Small

Producer:
Frank Yablans

Production Coordinator:
Claire MacTague

Production Design:
Bill Malley

Production Illustrator:
Jack Johnson

Property Master:
Marty Wunderlich

Scoring Mixer:
Armin Steiner

Screenplay:
Roderick Taylor
Peter Hyams

Script Supervisor:
John Franco

Second Assistant Director:
Duncan Henderson

Set Decoration:
Rick Simpson

Set Designer:
William James Teegarden
George Eckert

Sound Editor:
Ray Alba
Bert Schoenfeld

Sound Mixer:
Jerry Jost

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Theodore Soderberg
Richard Overton
Paul Wells

Special Effects:
Henry Millar Jr.

Still Photographer:
Larry Barbier

Story:
Roderick Taylor

Stunt Coordinator:
Glenn R. Wilder

Stunts:
Janet Brady
Kenny Endoso
Michael Runyard
Tommy J. Huff
Freddie Hice
Sharon Schaffer

Transportation Coordinator:
Cary Kelley

Unit Production Manager:
Kurt Neumann

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