"Twilight of Honor" is a film with a rather mediocre overall score on IMDB of 6.3. Well, after seeing it, I cannot believe the film has such a rating, as it's a top-notch courtroom drama....and a film you'd likely appreciate.
This film is Richard Chamberlain's first starring role in a movie, though he'd done TV before this. He plays a young and very inexperienced lawyer who is set to defend a rather dim man for murder....and the town's atmosphere is definitely hostile towards him. On top of this, the state has brought in a cocky special prosecutor (James Gregory). All the young lawyer has is his idealism and some advice from his mentor (Claude Rains). Can he possibly get a light sentence or a verdict of not guilty with so many things working against him?
This is a very intelligent and well written drama...one that never was dull and managed to get the viewer to care about the dumb schnook on trial for his life. All in all, a nice little film well worth your time.
This film is Richard Chamberlain's first starring role in a movie, though he'd done TV before this. He plays a young and very inexperienced lawyer who is set to defend a rather dim man for murder....and the town's atmosphere is definitely hostile towards him. On top of this, the state has brought in a cocky special prosecutor (James Gregory). All the young lawyer has is his idealism and some advice from his mentor (Claude Rains). Can he possibly get a light sentence or a verdict of not guilty with so many things working against him?
This is a very intelligent and well written drama...one that never was dull and managed to get the viewer to care about the dumb schnook on trial for his life. All in all, a nice little film well worth your time.