The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 2000
Deliberate Intent
Directed by
Andy Wolk
A First Amendment scholar is recruited by an attorney to sue a publishing company after a hit man commits a triple murder by allegedly following a how-to manual the book company published. They set out to put the company on trial for providing blueprints for would-be murderers. Arguing that the publisher is not protected by the First Amendment, the crusading lawyers seek monetary damages for the victims' families.
The story
A First Amendment scholar is recruited by an attorney to sue a publishing company after a hit man commits a triple murder by allegedly following a how-to manual the book company published. They set out to put the company on trial for providing blueprints for would-be murderers. Arguing that the publisher is not protected by the First Amendment, the crusading lawyers seek monetary damages for the victims' families.
Cast
Timothy HuttonRod Smolla
Ron RifkinHoward Siegel
Clark JohnsonJames Perry
Penny Johnson JeraldLaura Harmon
Cliff DeYoungTom Kelley
Kenneth WelshPeder Lund
James McDanielLawrence Horn
Bill McDonaldPeder Lund
Dean McDermottLeasure
Yanna McIntoshElaine
David HemblenJudge Luttig
Karen AndrenTiffani
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Yank AzmanTrial Judge
Christopher BarryButler
Oliver BeckerAgent Casey
Stephanie BeldingForewoman (as Stephanie Zoe Belding)
John BourgeoisDetective Gallon
Bernard BrowneThomas Turner
Lauren CollinsErin Smolla
Marcia DixonLaw Student
David FerryBrandenburg
Alexandra JohnsonTamielle
Courtney JohnsonTrevor Horn
Kelly S. KingMillie
Jeffrey KnightEditor
Cheryl MacInnisVirginia
Diego MatamorosJohn
Hedy McKenziePauline
Gerry QuigleyNight Clerk
Tracy ShreveShira
Helen TaylorJanice
Sugith VarugheseForensic Detective
Angela VintCindy
Nigel Shawn WilliamsJudge Williams
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