License to Kill
“He is their only hope for justice.”
1986•1h 36m•5.7•Released
DramaTV Movie
A grieving family whose daughter was killed in a car crash with a drunken driver is outraged and frustrated as they encounter the inevitable bureaucratic delays in bringing the case to trial. Once in the courtroom, they are horror-stricken as the young, hard-pressed district attorney seems unable to overcome the technicalities and maneuverings that the driver's attorney uses to keep his client out of jail and still on the streets as a legal driver. When the judge is forced to rule time and again in favor of the defense, it appears that the driver might escape punishment altogether.
Director
Jud Taylor
Writer
William A. Schwartz, Mike Robe
Languages
English
Studio
Marian Rees Associates
Cast
James Farentino
John Peterson
Penny Fuller
Judith Peterson
Don Murray
Tom Fiske
Millie Perkins
Mary Fiske
Ari Meyers
Amy Peterson
Donald Moffat
Howard Webster
Jacqueline Brookes
Judge Miriam Roth
Kristen Vigard
Lynne Peterson
Denzel Washington
Martin Sawyer
George Martin
Steve
John M. Jackson
Officer Caskey
Josef Rainer
Reece Campbell
Jerry Haynes
Bill Wilson
Marc Gilpin
Larry Chernoff
Niki Flacks
Meredith
Production
Company
Marian Rees Associates
Company
D. Petrie Productions
Company
CBS
Producer
Dorothea G. Petrie
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