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6.1As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle with his tortured conscience and growing despair as he watches helplessly as the ruthless criminals brought before his court go free because clever lawyers find obscure loopholes in the law.
Released: 1983-08-05105 minDir: Peter HyamsDrama, ThrillerBudget: $8.0MBox office: $5.6M
Cast
- Michael Douglas as Steven Hardin
- Hal Holbrook as Benjamin Caulfield
- Yaphet Kotto as Detective Harry Lowes
- Sharon Gless as Emily Hardin
- James B. Sikking as Dr. Harold Lewin
- Joe Regalbuto as Arthur Cooms
Themes
- right and justice
- husband wife relationship
- judge
- hitman
- secret society
- mission of murder
- serial killer
- los angeles, california
- cynical
- miscarriage of justice
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
7,915 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
60/100
- Year
- 1983
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Peter Hyams
- Cast member
- Fred McCarren
- Composer
- Michael Small
- Producer
- Frank Yablans
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 109
- FilmAffinity ID
- 615030
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1983-11-25
- title
- The Star Chamber
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 77%
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