
TMDb Rating
4.9/10
7 verified votes
The Penalty Phase (1986)
DramaThrillerTV Movie
96 min
Plot Summary
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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DramaThrillerTV MovieTony RichardsonPeter StraussJonelle Allen1986
Director
Tony Richardson
Top Cast
Peter StraussJonelle AllenKaren AustinJane BadlerJohn Harkins
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