The Penalty Phase (1986) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 18, 1986

Original Title:
The Penalty Phase

Genres:
Drama | TV Movie | Thriller

Production Companies:
New World Television
Tamara Asseyev Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 96

Things looked pretty simple: the confessed murderer had all the evidence against him. The Prosecutor Jansen could not have been more relentless, conservative and incisive. Furthermore, the jury already had a verdict: guilty of the more than 30 charges against him. But suddenly Judge Kenneth Hoffman finds out that the evidence was not obtained legally, so the procedure is void. Judge Hoffman is in the middle of this legal storm, although he wants to apply the law strictly, he will find everybody against him.

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Director:
Tony Richardson

Director of Photography:
Steve Yaconelli

Editor:
David A. Simmons

Music:
Ralph Burns

Producer:
Tamara Asseyev

Second Assistant Director:
K.C. Colwell

Writer:
Gale Patrick Hickman

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