DramaThriller

Runaway Jury

- Trials are too important to be decided by juries.

After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, who uses illegal means to stack the jury with people sympathetic to the defense. But when juror Nicholas Easter and his girlfriend Marlee reveal their ability to sway the jury into delivering any verdict they want, a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game begins.

Release Date : 2003-01-16

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : New Regency PicturesRegency Enterprises

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Nick Easter

Original Name : John Cusack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rankin Fitch

Original Name : Gene Hackman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wendell Rohr

Original Name : Dustin Hoffman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marlee

Original Name : Rachel Weisz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Durwood Cable

Original Name : Bruce Davison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge Harkin

Original Name : Bruce McGill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lawrence Green

Original Name : Jeremy Piven

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lamb

Original Name : Leland Orser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doyle

Original Name : Nick Searcy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Janovich

Original Name : Nestor Serrano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Jankle

Original Name : Stanley Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank Herrera

Original Name : Cliff Curtis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Millie Dupree

Original Name : Rusty Schwimmer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Herman Grimes

Original Name : Gerry Bamman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vanessa Lembeck

Original Name : Jennifer Beals

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jerry Fernandez

Original Name : Luis Guzmán

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eddie Weese

Original Name : Guy Torry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rikki Coleman

Original Name : Rhoda Griffis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lonnie Shaver

Original Name : Bill Nunn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amanda Monroe (Fitch's Assistant)

Original Name : Marguerite Moreau

Gender : Female

Character Name : Loreen Duke

Original Name : Juanita Jennings

Gender : Female

Character Name : Stella Hulic

Original Name : Nora Dunn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Celeste Wood

Original Name : Joanna Going

Gender : Female

Character Name : Phillip Savelle

Original Name : Jason Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Wu

Original Name : Xuan Van Nguyen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lou Dell

Original Name : Carol Sutton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jacob Wood (victim)

Original Name : Dylan McDermott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hoppy Dupree

Original Name : Deacon Dawson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jimmy Hoke

Original Name : David Ramsey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jerome

Original Name : Ned Bellamy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Russell

Original Name : Orlando Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kaufman

Original Name : Margo Moorer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Birk

Original Name : David Dwyer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Raines

Original Name : Michael Arata

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agent Novecki

Original Name : Wayne Ferrara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sylvia Deshazo

Original Name : Fahnlohnee R. Harris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lydia Deets

Original Name : Corri English

Gender : Female

Character Name : Terry Docken

Original Name : Douglas M. Griffin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Receptionist

Original Name : Deneen Tyler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ted

Original Name : Zach Hanner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deborah

Original Name : Andrea Powell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pulaski

Original Name : Ted Manson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shamburg

Original Name : David Jensen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maxine

Original Name : Lori Heuring

Gender : Female

Character Name : Voodoo Shopkeeper

Original Name : Adella Gautier

Gender : Male

Character Name : SUV Driver

Original Name : Afemo Omilami

Gender : Male

Character Name : Techie

Original Name : Barret O'Brien

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter #1

Original Name : Michelle M. Miller

Gender : Female

Character Name : Reporter #2

Original Name : Eric Paulsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter #3

Original Name : Margaret Lawhon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dobbs

Original Name : Gary Grubbs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Singing Woman

Original Name : Lark Marie Fall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Daley

Original Name : Marco St. John

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sebald

Original Name : Henry Darrow

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thernstrom

Original Name : Don Henderson Baker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cash

Original Name : Danny Kamin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agent Shield

Original Name : Lance E. Nichols

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ringwald

Original Name : Elliott Street

Gender : Male

Character Name : Strode

Original Name : Mike Pniewski

Gender : Male

Character Name : Owens

Original Name : Joe Chrest

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kyle Murphy

Original Name : Marcus Hester

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vaughn

Original Name : Mark Jeffrey Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kincaid

Original Name : Stuart Greer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blonde Decoy

Original Name : Lara Grice

Gender : Female

Character Name : Professor Phelan

Original Name : Peter Jurasik

Gender : Male

Character Name : Phyllis

Original Name : Shannon Eubanks

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Brandt

Original Name : Celia Weston

Gender : Female

Character Name : Agent Crowley

Original Name : Harvey Reaves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peg Grimes

Original Name : Irene Ziegler

Gender : Female

Character Name : George Dressler

Original Name : Ed Nelson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mason Foley

Original Name : Bernard Hocke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cafe Waitress

Original Name : Loren Kinsella

Gender : Female

Character Name : Clerk

Original Name : Wayne Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aggressive Reporter

Original Name : Mark Krasnoff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender

Original Name : Christopher Mankiewicz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Homeboy

Original Name : Cedric Pendleton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Potential Juror #1

Original Name : Perry Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Potential Juror #2

Original Name : Don Hood

Gender : Male

Character Name : Potential Juror #3

Original Name : Elizabeth Omilami

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter #4

Original Name : Claudia Coffee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter #5

Original Name : Charlie Detraz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter with Cable

Original Name : Sally Ann Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kathy

Original Name : Kathy Seiden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Wood

Original Name : Jack Massey

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-09-06

This offers quite an interesting look at just how seriously big business takes the selection of a jury, when large amounts of money are at stake. Gene Hackman is "Fitch", a man who makes a very good living acting on behalf of these organisations. His job is to probe into the private lives of prospective jurors, of their loves, peccadillos, politics - looking for weaknesses or reasons not to select them. This case involves one of the most contentious in the US pantheon of criminal law - the right to bear arms, and it falls to "Rohr" (Dustin Hoffman) to bring an action against a weapons manufacturer that is going to be tough. As the case proceeds, we are introduced to the less honourable nature of one of the jurors, and his girlfriend who have a plan of their own - and, as you'd expect, there is money and pressure being applied to ensure that the jury reach the "correct" verdict. Intriguing as the plot is, though, the film itself stutters along without much innovation. The courtroom scenes are a bit dreary and once we have established the premiss, Hackman's efforts are all rather repetitive and become less and less menacing and sophisticated as the story slips into a rather mediocre melodrama of private life shenanigans. Hoffman is adequate, no more, as are Rachel Weisz and John Cusack as the eagerly duplicitous but not awfully bright "Easter". Based on one of John Grisham's more inventive stories - nobody ever actually wants to be on a jury - this loses much in it's translation to film and by the mid-point I was really pretty turned off by the whole thing. It's watchable, but becomes more preposterous as it proceeds to a conclusion that, though not quite what you might expect, is still a bit flat.