American Hangman

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Movie Info

A kidnapping, broadcast live on social media, turns into the trial of a judge who presided over a botched criminal case. This time, however, the audience gets to play judge and jury, deciding if the judge himself gets to live or die.

Cast & Crew

Donald Sutherland
Judge Straight
Vincent Kartheiser
Henry David Cole
Oliver Dennis
Lieutenant Roy
Paul Braunstein
Ron
Paul Amato
Sgt. Adley
Matt Baram
Mr. Brunelli
Dan Beirne
Tom
Joanne Boland
Stokely
Wilson Coneybeare
Director
Wilson Coneybeare
Screenwriter
Wilson Coneybeare
Producer
Meredith Fowler
Producer
Jim Sternberg
Producer
Marina Cordoni
Executive Producer
Kirk D'Amico
Executive Producer
Mark Gingras
Executive Producer
Wayne Marc Godfrey
Executive Producer
Mark Irwin
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Critic Reviews for American Hangman

  • The film is done in by its cardboard indictment of The System. Trial by social media is a good subject for a movie, but not when it spends so much time smacking its lips at the corruption it's pointing its finger at.

    January 5, 2019 | Full Review…

    Owen Gleiberman

    Variety

  • American Hangman is college-level death penalty discourse, appropriately armed with what appears to be a college-level production budget.

    January 4, 2019 | Full Review…

    Emily Yoshida

    New York Magazine/Vulture

  • Coneybeare appears to be constructing workplace dramas based on things he knows only from other, better movies.

    January 3, 2019 | Full Review…

    John DeFore

    Hollywood Reporter

  • It starts to feel a little bit phony.

    September 13, 2019 | Full Review…

    Wade Major

    FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

  • [It] makes a mystery out of a few things that are too easy to guess, so it takes a while to get going. However, thanks to sharp direction, an original take on the dramatic police procedural, and a truly excellent, very game cast, the movie is worthwhile.

    January 7, 2019 | Rating: 7.5/10 | Full Review…

    Bobby LePire

    Film Threat

  • This modest but pessimistic drama about social ills may feel a little familiar, but the intelligent banter, a superior central performance, and one or two likable supporters keep it crackling along.

    January 4, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Jeffrey M. Anderson

    Common Sense Media
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