Movie

Deliberate Intent

2000★ 5.0 · 51h 25mThrillerDrama

Overview

A First Amendment scholar is recruited by an attorney to sue a publishing company after a hit man commits a triple murder by allegedly following a how-to manual the book company published. They set out to put the company on trial for providing blueprints for would-be murderers. Arguing that the publisher is not protected by the First Amendment, the crusading lawyers seek monetary damages for the victims' families.

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Cast

Timothy Hutton
as Rod Smolla

Penny Johnson Jerald
as Laura Harmon

Ron Rifkin
as Howard Siegel

Clark Johnson
as James Perry

Cliff DeYoung
as Tom Kelley

Kenneth Welsh
as Peder Lund

James McDaniel
as Lawrence Horn

Gerry Quigley
as Night Clerk

Dean McDermott
as Leasure

Stephanie Belding
as Forewoman (as Stephanie Zoe Belding)

David Hemblen
as Judge Luttig

John Bourgeois
as Detective Gallon