Red Corner

Red Corner

6.3IMDb Score
Released:1997-10-30
Duration:122 min
Director:Jon Avnet
Actors:Richard Gere, Bai Ling, Bradley Whitford, Byron Mann, Peter Donat
Production:Avnet/Kerner Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview:

An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.

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