The prologue and the provocative scene in the train, the murder? The judge and her presiding over the case, the death penalty and the murderer's execution? The irony of the resolution - her looking at the photos of past cases, mystified, noticing the tattoo, the connection with Martin?ĥ. The title and the focus on the judge, her behaviour, its consequences?Ĥ. The Detroit locations, the city, the law courts, apartments? The atmosphere of Detroit? The musical score and its atmospheric themes?ģ. Interesting and entertaining telemovie? Murder mystery? Portrait of a judge and her affair, imprudence, becoming victim?Ģ. The film moves to a rather melodramatic climax in order to resolve everything.ġ. However, the focus is on Billy Worth as the young man - who has more to do with the murder than is first thought. There is a strong supporting cast, mainly in cameo roles, Kevin Mc Carthy as an elderly judge, Dabney Coleman as the victim, Will Patten as the judge's husband. It shows the imprudence of the judge, her trying to keep calm as she administers the case which ultimately will lead to her arrest. However, she could not have done it because she was with the young man at the time of the murder. Ultimately, all the evidenced points to the judge. When the colleague is murdered, there are suspicions on a variety of people. However, he suspects a prominent colleague.

She becomes involved with a young man, imprudently, and her husband becomes suspicious. Bonnie Bedelia plays a rising lawyer who is to be appointed a judge. Judicial Consent is a murder mystery with a twist. Peter Malone's Film Reviews and Resourcesīonnie Bedelia, Dabney Coleman, Billy Wirth, Lisa Blount, Will Patton, Kevin Mc Carthy.Michael Fallon Books and Audio-visual Resources.

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Judicial consent 1994