Some movie posters featured a long blurb that read: "She's a lawyer who broke two laws of her profession . . . Never get involved with a juror and never look for clues in dangerous places".
Dennis Quaid, portraying a character called Eddie Sanger, would later play another character with the same first name, Eddie Bichon in Something to Talk About (1995).
When Kathleen writes "HELP ME" on the chalkboard it is roughly in the center of the board and written somewhat lightly. A few seconds later as the suspect is writing, the words "HELP ME" are now way over to the right, written much darker and is not in the same handwriting.
When Kathleen first realizes Carl is deaf and hands him a pen to write with, as she hands it to him and we are facing her it is top downwards in her hand, in the reverse shot it is top upwards with the cap on, as Carl takes the pen it is top upwards with the cap off.
What did the judge have in his past that would prohibit him from getting a politcal appointment?
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He was the federal prosecutor on a case in 1968. He accepted a bribe to help get the defendant off. If this became known, he would not be able to get the political appointment.