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The Chamber (1996)
Director: James Foley
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Opus V from the John Grisham production line is grey, humourless and unimaginative. Alleged killer Sam Cayhill (Hackman) has been on death row in Mississippi since 1967. Now he has a month to live. Sam himself isn't putting much effort into his defence, but legal greenhorn Adam Hill (O'Donnell) can do that. Adam is Sam's grandson, and despite Sam's brush-offs, the young lawyer suspects the black sheep of the family is taking the fall for a racist conspiracy. The occasionally murky character, turning up with some revelation to get things moving, is a relief from O'Donnell's blandness and his earnest delivery of Grisham's lifeless dialogue.Author: NB
Cast & crew
Director: James Foley
Producer: John Davis, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
Cast: Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Chris O'Donnell, Lela Rochon, Robert Prosky, Raymond Barry, Harve Presnell full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 113 mins
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