Movie
The Judge
Overview
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-10-08
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Village Roadshow Pictures, Big Kid Pictures, Team Downey, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Robert Downey Jr. as Hank Palmer
- Robert Duvall as Joseph Palmer
- Vera Farmiga as Samantha Powell
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Glen Palmer
- Jeremy Strong as Dale Palmer
- Dax Shepard as C.P. Kennedy
- Billy Bob Thornton as Dwight Dickham
- Leighton Meester as Carla Powell
- Ken Howard as Judge Warren
- Emma Tremblay as Lauren Palmer
- Balthazar Getty as Deputy Hanson
- David Krumholtz as Mike Kattan
Crew
- David Dobkin - Director
- Bill Dubuque - Screenplay
- Nick Schenk - Screenplay
- David Dobkin - Story
- Nick Schenk - Story
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