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The Penalty Phase: Directed by Tony Richardson. With Peter Strauss, Jonelle Allen, Karen Austin, Jane Badler. 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.
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- Peter Strauss, Jonelle Allen, Karen Austin
- Tony Richardson
Supreme court judge, Kenneth Hoffman (Peter Strauss) oversees a high-profile murder trial which appears to be an open-and-shut case. The murderer has confessed and Prosecutor Susan Jansen (Jonelle Allen) is direct and hard hitting, and the jury has delivered a guilty verdict.
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The Penalty Phase (1986) Peter Strauss | Melissa Gilbert - Legal Drama HD - YouTube. Jesus wept. Movies. 147K subscribers. Subscribed. 1.4K. 217K views 4 months ago. A by-the-book supreme court...
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Penalty Phase (1986) - Turner Classic Movies. 2h 1986. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Read More. A judge ponders letting a mass murderer go free on a legal technicality. During the trial, Judge Kenneth Hoffman discovers that the prisoner's rights may have been violated by the police.
- Tony Richardson
- Peter Strauss
Peter Strauss Cast. Karen Austin Cast. Jane Badler Cast. Steve Yaconelli Cinematography. Ralph Burns Music. David A. Simmons Editing. Tamara Asseyev Producer. Critics reviews. A by-the-book, supreme court judge finds his career could hang in the balance as he considers the consequences of rejecting illegal evidence in a high profile murder trial.
Overview. 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.
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Tony Richardson, who in his days of prominence directed the Oscar-winning Tom Jones (1963), demonstrated in 1986's Penalty Phase that the intervening years did not dim his talent in the least. Peter Strauss stars as a liberal judge, in the midst of a re-election campaign.
