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From the Hip

Name: From the Hip
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1987-02-06
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 5.902

★ 5,9 /10 (46 Votes)

1987 EN 111 min

Overview

Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of murder.

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Release date

06/02/1987

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Popularity

1.5

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Genres

Comedy Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

111 min

Budget

$9,000,000

Revenue

$9,518,342

Judd Nelson

Robin "Stormy" Weathers

Elizabeth Perkins

Jo Ann

John Hurt

Douglas Benoit

Darren McGavin

Craig Duncan

Dan Monahan

Larry

David Alan Grier

Steve Hadley

Nancy Marchand

Roberta Winnaker

Allan Arbus

Phil Ames

Edward Winter

Raymond Torkenson

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Richard Zobel

Matt Cowens

Ray Walston

1st Judge

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Robert Irvin Elliott

Scott Murray

Beatrice Winde

2nd Judge

Art Hindle

Lt. Matt Sosha

Priscilla Pointer

Mrs. Martha Williams

Royce D. Applegate

Mr. Wilby

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Robert Inman

TV Reporter

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Jack Riel

Bailiff

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Pearl Jones

Foreman

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David Fitzsimmons

Reporter

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William Alspaugh

Biggs

Terry Loughlin

Malcolm

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Jon Thompson

Rampart

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Lou Criscuolo

McAlbee

H. Richard Greene

Wilson

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Ed Grady

Baxter

Everett Quinton

Warren

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Arthur J. Fasciani

Bailiff-Benoit Trial

Robert Dickman

Dr. Charles Peckham

George Hall

Harvey Beals

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Harvey Kirck

TV Anchorman

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Eric Tilley

Charlie

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Will Knickerbocker

Security Guard

Craig Richard Nelson

Witness (uncredited)

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Legal satire and conundrums just work for me I guess. Robin "Stormy" Weathers is desperate to rise up the ladder at the law firm he is employed by - sooner rather than later! Manufacturing a series of events, Weathers crow bars his way into a position of prestige. But just as he thinks he has finally made it, the partners saddle him with a no-win trial... Directed by Bob Clark and starring Judd Nelson (Weathers), Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt and Darren McGavin, From The Hip is a quintessentially 1980s picture. Oozing a yuppie law firm vibe and with Brat Packer Nelson leading the way, i…

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