
From the Hip
Getting To The Top Means Working Like A Dog!
Directed by Bob Clark
Produced by DEG
A comedic courtroom drama about an ambitious young lawyer learning the difference between winning and doing right, balancing satire with genuine moral reckoning.
Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of murder.
Clusters
Essence
Ensemble

Judd Nelson
Robin "Stormy" Weathers

Elizabeth Perkins
Jo Ann

John Hurt
Douglas Benoit

Darren McGavin
Craig Duncan

Dan Monahan
Larry

David Alan Grier
Steve Hadley

Nancy Marchand
Roberta Winnaker

Allan Arbus
Phil Ames

Edward Winter
Raymond Torkenson
Richard Zobel
Matt Cowens

Ray Walston
1st Judge
Robert Irvin Elliott
Scott Murray
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