Primal Fear (1996)
Drama
Starring: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward
Norton, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard.
Directed by Gregory Holbit.
Produced by Gary Lucchesi.
Written by Steve Shagan and Ann Biderman.
Summary
Richard Gere plays a powerful Chicago defense attorney who gets
more than he bargined for when he defends an altar boy (Edward Norton)
accused of murdering an archbishop. The prosecutor is a former
girlfriend who wants this to be her ground breaking case. This
courtroom drama is based on the novel by William Diehl.