The Client (1994)
- Starring:
- Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, (more)
- Director(s):
- Joel Schumacher
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
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A sterling cast headed by Oscar-nominated Susan Sarandon makes this slick thriller one of the better adaptations of a John Grisham bestseller. Mark Sway (Brad Renfro) witnesses the suicide of a Mafia lawyer, who confesses that the Mob was behind the murder of a U.S. senator. Mark's brother is traumatized into a coma by the incident; gangster Barry Muldano (Anthony LaPaglia) is soon on Mark's trail, and in desperation, he arrives at the office of recovering alcoholic lawyer Reggie Love (Sarandon). With the Mob after them, and a ruthless federal attorney (Tommy Lee Jones) trying to force Mark to reveal what he knows, Love battles to guarantee the safety of her client and his family. The relationship between Reggie Love and Mark Sway is the center of the film, adding considerable character development to plot's routine elements. Director Joel Schumacher helmed another Grisham adaptation, A Time To Kill, in 1996. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 121 mins
Complete Cast:
- Susan Sarandon - Reggie Love
- Mary-Louise Parker - Dianne Sway
- Anthony Edwards - Clint Von Hooser
- Brad Renfro - Mark Sway
- J.T. Walsh - McThune
- Bradley Whitford - Thomas Fink
- Kim Coates - Paul Gronke
- Micole Mercurio - Mama Love
- William Sanderson - Wally Boxx
- Amy Hathaway - Karen
- Ron Dean - Johnny Sulari
- John Fink - Lieutenant
- Tommy Cresswell - FBI Agent
- Andy Stahl - Agent Scherff
- Tom Kagy - Wheelchair Patient
- Mary McCusker - Pretty Girl
- Macon McCalman - Ballatine
- Bettina Rose - Woman at Desire
- Tommy Lee Jones - Roy Foltrigg
- Anthony LaPaglia - Barry Muldano
- Ossie Davis - Harry Roosevelt
- David Speck - Ricky Sway
- Will Patton - Sgt. Hardy
- Anthony Heald - Trumann
- William H. Macy - Dr. Greenway
- Kimberly Scott - Doreen
- Walter Olkewicz - Romey Clifford
- Jo Harvey Allen - Claudette
- William Richert - Harry Bono
- Dan Castellaneta - Slick Moeller
- Will Zahrn - Gill Beale
- Anthony C. Hall - Pizza Man
- Rebecca Jernigan - Emergency Nurse
- George Klein - Announcer
- Alex Coleman - Newscaster
- John Diehl - Jack Nance
- Director(s):
- Joel Schumacher
- Writer(s):
- Robert Getchell, Akiva Goldsman
- Producer(s):
- Steven E. Reuther, Arnon Milchan
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children)
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