Movie
Michael Clayton
Overview
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Details
- Release date
- 2007-09-28
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Castle Rock Entertainment, Mirage Enterprises, Section Eight, Samuels Media
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- George Clooney as Michael Clayton
- Tom Wilkinson as Arthur Edens
- Tilda Swinton as Karen Crowder
- Sydney Pollack as Marty Bach
- Michael O'Keefe as Barry Grissom
- Ken Howard as Don Jeffries
- Sean Cullen as Gene Clayton
- Merritt Wever as Anna
- Austin Williams as Henry Clayton
- Robert Prescott as Mr. Verne
- Terry Serpico as Mr. Iker
- David Lansbury as Timmy Clayton
Crew
- Tony Gilroy - Director
- Tony Gilroy - Writer
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