Murder in the First

You're a rookie public defender in a cold federal courtroom, handed a case no one wants. The inmate says he's innocent, but the prison walls whisper otherwise. Then you step inside Alcatraz's rotting cellblock, and the air changes. The film leaves you staring at a filing cabinet in a dim office, lid half-open, papers spilling like old wounds.

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Marc Rocco directed Murder in the First in 1995. See Marc Rocco's full filmography, where to start with Marc Rocco, or where to go after you've seen everything by Marc Rocco.

Murder in the First was released in 1995 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 122 minutes.