Alan Dershowitz a brilliant professor of law is hired by wealthy socialite Claus von Bulow to attempt to overturn his two convictions for attempted murder of his extremely wealthy wife. Based on a true story the film concentrates not on the trial like other legal thrillers, but on the preparatory work that Dershowitz and his students put in as they attempt to disprove the prosecution’s case and achieve the Reversal of Fortune of the title.
Release Date: 9 November 1990Runtime: 111 min
Stars:
- Alan Pottinger
- Annabella Sciorra
- Christine Baranski
- Christine Dunford
- Felicity Huffman
- Fisher Stevens
- Glenn Close
- Jack Gilpin
- Jeremy Irons
- Johann Carlo
- Keith Reddin
- Mano Singh
- Ron Silver
- Stephen Mailer
- Uta Hagen
Director: Barbet Schroeder
