The Confession

The Confession

5.8IMDb Score
Released:1999-03-26
Duration:114 min
Director:David Hugh Jones
Actors:Ben Kingsley, Amy Irving, Ryan Marsini, Alec Baldwin, Boyd Gaines
Production:Phoenician Films, El Dorado Pictures, Franchise Pictures

Overview:

After his young son dies from the negligence at a hospital, Harry Fertig takes matters into his own hands and kills the doctor, nurse and clerk responsible. Slick lawyer Roy Bleakie, looking only to win a case and not caring of the matters involved, is asked by Fertig's boss to defend him. Shocked to hear that his client wants to plead guilty, the case causes Bleakie to question his own morals by defending an honorable man.

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