An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn’t do it, the judge will have him disbarred. Director: Norman Jewison Writers: Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson Stars: Al Pacino, Jack Warden and John Forsythe Al Pacino … Arthur Kirkland Jack Warden … Judge Francis Rayford John Forsythe … Judge Henry T. Fleming Lee Strasberg … Grandpa Sam Jeffrey Tambor … Jay Porter Christine Lahti … Gail Packer Sam Levene … Arnie Robert Christian … Ralph Agee Thomas G. Waites … Jeff McCullaugh (as Thomas Waites) Larry Bryggman … Warren Fresnell Craig T. Nelson … Frank Bowers Dominic Chianese … Carl Travers Victor Arnold … Leo Fauci Vincent Beck … Officer Leary Michael Gorrin … Elderly Man When a judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland is forced to defend him. Kirkland has had problems with the judge in the past, including one incident when the judge wrongly sentenced his client Jeff McCullaugh because of a technicality. Kirkland faces a moral and legal dilemma. In a criminal justice system where criminals go free, lawyers and judges makes deals as a matter of routine and the innocent sometimes go unprotected, young lawyer Arthur Kirkland begins to wonder where the justice has gone. Arthur (Al Pacino, in a brilliant 1979 Best Actor Oscar-nominated role) is an honest, idealistic lawyer who is suddenly under pressure to defend a distinguished judge (John Forsythe …