The Paper Chase

7.6IMDb Score
Released:1978-09-09
Genre:Drama
Duration:6045 min
Director:
Actors:John Houseman, James Stephens, Lainie Kazan, Penny Johnson Jerald, Peter Nelson
Production:

Overview:

Critically lauded drama about the life and pressures of a group of students at a prestigious Eastern law school, with a strict and domineering contract-law professor named Charles Kingsfield, who alternately inspires and terrifies the students.

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