Runaway Jury

Thriller

John Cusack	Nicholas Easter
Gene Hackman	Rankin Fitch
Rachel Weisz	Marlee
Dustin Hoffman	Wendell Rohr
Bruce McGill	Judge Harkin
Stanley Anderson	Henry Jankle
Jeremy Piven	Lawrence Green
Nick Searcy	Doyle
Cliff Curtis	Frank Herrera
Bruce Davison	Durwood Cable

Director	Gary Fleder
Producer	Gary Fleder; Christopher Mankiewicz; Jeffrey Downer; Arnon Milchan
Writer	John Grisham; Brian Koppelman; David Levien
Cinematography	Robert Elswit
Musician	Christopher Young

In this courtroom thriller based on the novel of the same name by John Grisham the question is who controls the jury? When Jacob Woods (an uncredited Dylan McDermott cameo) is gunned down at his office by a crazed ex-coworker his wife becomes involved in a case against the gun manufacturers for damages. The prosecuting attorney, Wendell Rohr (Dustin Hoffman), doesn't believe in jury selection services as offered by young Lawrence Green (Jeremy Piven). However the defense believes in it strongly and has retained Rankin Fitch (Gene Hackman), who is highly regarded as the best jury selection man. What the defense and the prosecution don't know is that there is someone else interested in controlling the outcome of the trial. Nicholas Easter (John Cusack) and Marlee (Rachel Weisz) are working together to control the trial and the jury and put the verdict up for sale to the highest bidder. When Easter is selected for the jury the race to the verdict between the defense, the prosecution, and Nicholas and Marlee, begins.