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Legal Eagles (1986)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:7

Rotten:7

Average Rating:5.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A sophisticated comedy starring Redford as an assistant district attorney who teams up with an eccentric lawyer played by Winger, to defend a girl accused of theft. While gathering evidence... A sophisticated comedy starring Redford as an assistant district attorney who teams up with an eccentric lawyer played by Winger, to defend a girl accused of theft. While gathering evidence throughout Manhattan they get drawn into New York's glittering art world and seedy underworld, targeted for murder by a cutthroat killer. [More]

Starring: Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy

Starring: Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp, Steven Hill, Christine Baranski, David Clennon, John McMartin, Roscoe Lee Browne, Sara Botsford, David Hart, James Hurdle, Christian Clemenson, Bart Burns, Bruce French, Lynn Hamilton

Director: Ivan Reitman

Director: Ivan Reitman
Story: Ivan Reitman
Screenwriter: Jim Cash, Jack Epps
Producer: Ivan Reitman
Composer: Elmer Bernstein

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Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Further proof that postGhostbusters Ivan Reitman is pretty much crap

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10/28/05
Pete Vonder Haar
Pete Vonder Haar
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

So-so star vehicle. Harmless.

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10/16/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
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