Legal Eagles (1986)
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Reviews Counted: 15
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 8
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Ivan Reitman directed this film, starring Robert Redford, Debra Winger, and Daryl Hannah, that is an amalgam of a thriller, courtroom drama, mystery and Tracy-Hepburn romantic comedy, with a little Mark Rothko-type scandal thrown in. The film revolves around troubled Chelsea Deardon (Daryl Hannah) who as an eight-year-old girl witnessed her father, a famous artist, perishing in a blaze along with his valuable art works. Twenty years later, Chelsea is arrested for stealing one of her father's
Jun 18, 1986 Wide
Jul 29, 1998
MCA Universal Home Video
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Cast
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Robert Redford
Tom Logan -
Debra Winger
Laura Kelly -
Daryl Hannah
Chelsea Deardon -
Brian Dennehy
Cavanaugh -
Terence Stamp
Victor Taft -
Steven Hill
Bower -
David Clennon
Blanchard -
John McMartin
Forrester -
Jennifer Dundas
Jennifer Logan -
Roscoe Lee Browne
Judge Dawkins -
Christine Baranski
Carol Freeman -
Sara Botsford
Barbara -
Thomas Barbour
Bored Judge -
Peter Boyden
McHugh -
Bart Burns
Judge -
Burke Byrnes
Cop -
Christian Clemenson
Clerk -
Lou Cutell
Kapstan -
Ron Foster
Reporter -
Bruce French
Reporter -
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Kevin Hagen
Cop -
Lynn Hamilton
Doreen -
Grant Heslov
Usher -
James Hurdle
Sebastian Deardon -
Paul Jabara
Taxi Driver -
Gary Howard Klar
Hit Man -
Everett Quinton
Attorney -
Jay Thomas
Waiter in Restaurant -
Shannon Wilcox
Mrs. Williams -
Brian Doyle-Murray
Shaw -
David Hart
Marchek -
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Annie Abbott
Secretary -
Robert Benedetti
Bearded Speaker -
Robert Curtis-Brown
Roger -
Chevi Colton
Short Lady -
Gabrielle de Cuir
Reporter -
Mary Alison Griffin
Young Chelsea -
Duitch Helmer
Lady in Gallery -
Ken Kiban
Reporter -
John Marion
Auctioneer -
Alex Nevil
Messenger -
Barbara Pallenberg
Assistant to Auctioneer -
Liz Sheridan
Little Old Lady -
Debra Stricklin
Reporter -
Olivia Ward
Nanny -
Rudy Willrich
Reporter -
Charles Brown
Real Cavanaugh -
Kristine Sutherland
Secretary -
Michael Anthony
Courtroom Spectator
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Legal Eagles primarily comes off as a lazy and fairly pointless vanity project that squanders the talents of everyone involved.
Further proof that postGhostbusters Ivan Reitman is pretty much crap
So-so star vehicle. Harmless.
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