Just Cause
Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Warner Bros.  (1995) 102 mins R

6.1 (7,628 votes)
Buried Deep In The Florida Everglades Is A Secret That Can Save An Innocent Man Or Let A Killer Kill Again.

Some thrillers make the mind race. Some keep the heart hammering. Sean Connery plays a Harvard Law professor who reopens a murder investigation based on an allegation that a confession was coerced by a maverick lawman. On the surface, it seems a straight-ahead case of the prisoner's guilt or innocence. But nothing really lies on the surface of this mystery climaxing in the Florida swamplands. Expect the unexpected....

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Cast and Crew
Sean Connery  ......  Paul Armstrong
Laurence Fishburne  ......  Sheriff Tanny Brown
Kate Capshaw  ......  Laurie Prentiss Armstrong
Blair Underwood  ......  Bobby Earl
Ed Harris  ......  Blair Sullivan
Christopher Murray  ......  Detective T.J. Wilcox
Director  .....  Arne Glimcher; Arnold Glimcher
Producer  .....  Arne Glimcher; Steve Perry; Lee Rich
Writer  .....  John Katzenbach; Jeb Stuart
Notes
Goofs:
Factual errors: We hear a dial tone on Paul Armstrong's cellular phone. (more)

Trivia:
Hope Lange's final theatrical film. (more)

Filming Locations:
Collier County, Florida, USA (more)

Quotes:
McNair: [McNair was Bobby Earl's inefficient defence attorney] Regardless of what you may think of me, I did defend that boy to the very best of my abilities. And, boy, has it cost me. Hell, I lost half of my business from defending that son-of-a-bitch. And he got the chair. You have any idea what my life would be like if I had gotten him acquitted? (more)