[old and cranky]

There was a movie a while back that starred Cher, Dennis Quaid and the dad from "Frasier" where the judge was really hard on the defense and then it turned out the judge was the actual murderer. I don't know why that movie just came to mind....

[Locomotive Breath]

Suspect 1987

Cher....Kathleen Riley
Dennis Quaid....Eddie Sanger
Liam Neeson....Carl Wayne Anderson
John Mahoney....Judge Matthew Bishop Helms
Joe Mantegna....Charlie Stella
Philip Bosco....Paul Gray

A judge commits suicide, and his secretary is found murdered. A homeless deaf-mute man, Carl Anderson is arrested for her murder. Public defender Kathleen is assigned by the court as his lawyer. She sets to find the real killer, and gets help from the congressional advisor, Eddie Sanger who is called to be on the jury panel. Together they discover a dangerous circle of corruption in high places.

Gawd I love the internet. Where else could you dig up the details of a relatively obscure 20-year-old movie in 15 seconds.