The Star Chamber (1983)
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as Superior Court Judge Steven R. Hardin
as Judge Benjamin Caulfield
as Det. Harry Lowes
as Emily Hardin
as Dr. Harold Lewin
as Arthur Cooms
as Lawrence Monk
as Detective James Wickman
as Detective James Wickman
as Stanley Flowers
as Hingle
as Detective Kenneth Wiggen
as Detective Paul MacKay
as Louise Rachmil
as Martin Hyatt
as Robert Karras
as Albert Beamer
as Dawson
as Adrian Caulfield
as Assassin
as Hector Andujar
as Mrs. Cummins
as Detective Serkin
as Sgt. Spota
as State Senator Walden
as Garreth
as Officer Nelson
as Judge Archer
as Judge Stoner
as Judge Kirkland
as Judge Bocho
as Judge Fogelson
as Judge Lang
as Judge Culhane
as Janet
as Newscaster
as Tony Hardin
as Max Hardin
as George Tillis
as Garbage Man
as Chuck Hurley
as Caroline
as Ladd
as Bailiff
as Man No. 1
as Man No. 2
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Critic Reviews for The Star Chamber
All Critics (14) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (4) | DVD (1)
A tour-de-force thriller from Hyams and Douglas... its final moments are as gripping as Superglue!
Outstanding performances across the board.
Conspiracy abounds in this early Michael Douglas far fetcher.
A couple of great chases, but it doesn't quite live up to its intriguing premise.
The Star Chamber is an intense, thought-provoking, great-looking action-packed thriller. Sadly overlooked in theaters, this is truly an '80s buried treasure.
While the movie is set in L.A., the rules of justice appear exaggerated to the point where the film seems to be taking place in a different country, but it doesn't really matter. It would be great fun just to put up your feet and watch director Peter Hyam
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I don't get why Michael Douglas, in the poster for the movie on this website, is holding a gun...he never even comes CLOSE to one, let alone use it. I just think it's quite odd. Anyway, I don't know what is it about this movie but I just didn't get into it at all. The idea is a pretty fantastic one, but a) They take to long to set up that idea and b) they never really do anything with it. There's three scenes where they're meeting, but each scene is probably a minute long. Quite frankly, I'd have preferred the entire movie to be just those meetings between them and the discussions that could come of that. I think the problem is, the movie has identity issues, it wants to be legally accurate, it wants to create discussion between the viewers about what they would do and it, somewhat, tries to be an action movie. There's a completely random, and really quite unnecessary car chase scene just because they COULD. It just doesn't work, some movies can handle different themes and ideas they want to get across (IE: Ghost Dog) and others just can't. This is one of the movies that can't. It's not a bad movie by any means, it certainly has its moments but for the potential the movie had is completely wasted. Which is why I'm hoping somebody makes a remake, or does a similar type of thing (as this actually happened in real life) because such a story is pretty much perfect for a movie. In fact, I'm quite surprised more movies haven't done this type of thing, it just seems like a no-brainer. As it stands, it's an ok movie with severe identity issues that just make the movie an underwhelming experience.
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Good thriller with interesting implications on the justice system. From what I remember, the poster is a bit misleading by having Douglas armed and ready with a gun. He is a judge! The movie consists of mostly psychological thrills.
Super Reviewer
Could have been more than mildly entertaining.
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