Reversal of Fortune
1990 · 1 hr 51 min
R7.278%92%66%
Alan Dershowitz a brilliant professor of law is hired by wealthy socialite Claus von Bulow to attempt to overturn his two convictions for attempted murder of his extremely wealthy wife. Based on a true story the film concentrates not on the trial like other legal thrillers, but on the preparatory work that Dershowitz and his students put in as they attempt to disprove the prosecution's case and achieve the Reversal of Fortune of the title.
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Directed By
Barbet SchroederWritten By
Nicholas Kazan, Alan DershowitzStudio
Shochiku-Fuji Company, Sovereign Pictures, Reversal Films Inc.Cast of Reversal of Fortune
Glenn CloseSunny von Bülow / Narrator
Jeremy IronsClaus von Bülow
Ron SilverAlan Dershowitz
Annabella SciorraSarah
Uta HagenMaria
Fisher StevensDavid Marriott
Jack GilpinPeter MacIntosh
Christine BaranskiAndrea Reynolds
Stephen MailerElon Dershowitz
Christine DunfordEllen
Felicity HuffmanMinnie
Mano SinghRaj
Johann CarloNancy
Keith ReddinDobbs
Alan PottingerChuck
Mitchell WhitfieldCurly
Tom WrightJack
Gordon Joseph WeissTom Berman
Michael LordEli
LisaGay HamiltonMary
Bill CampBill
JD CullumJohn
Jad MagerAlexander von Auersberg
Sarah FearonAla von Auersberg
Kristi HundtOlder Cosima
Kara EmersonYoung Cosima
Michael WilkesSteve Famiglietti
Thomas DorffBrillhoffer
Bruno EyronAlfie von Auersberg
Bernt KuhlmannAlfie's Friend
Redman MaxfieldDr. Paultees
Frederick NeumannJudge
Conrad McLarenSheriff
Edwin McDonoughBailiff
Brian DelateJury Foreman
Dess PhilpotEmergency Room Doctor
Steven BlackMaitre D'
Kender JonesParty Goer #1
Haes HillParty Goer #2
Dan ReaNewscaster
Leo LeydenEnglishman
Malachy McCourtEnglishman
Jessika CardinahlDinner Guest
Ericka KleinDinner Guest
Joko ZohrerDinner Guest
Julie HagertyAlexandra Isles (uncredited)
Heather Rose DominicMaggie (uncredited)
Mary Ann HannonRI Supreme Court Judge Florence Murray (uncredited)
Ronald RandAssistant DA (uncredited)
Larry ShermanAtmosphere (uncredited)
Constance ShulmanPharmacist (uncredited)
Frank StellatoCourt Stenographer (uncredited)
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