Primal Fear
1996
2h 9min
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.
Storyline
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.
Released
March 1996
Runtime
2h 9min
Director
Budget
$30,000,000
Revenue
$102,600,000
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Paramount Pictures, Rysher Entertainment
Cast
Richard Gere
Martin Vail
Laura Linney
Janet Venable
Edward Norton
Aaron
John Mahoney
Shaughnessy
Alfre Woodard
Shoat
Frances McDormand
Molly
Terry O'Quinn
Yancy
Andre Braugher
Goodman
Steven Bauer
Pinero
Joe Spano
Stenner
Tony Plana
Martinez
Stanley Anderson
Rushman
Maura Tierney
Naomi
Jon Seda
Alex
Reg Rogers
Connerman
Kenneth Tigar
Weil
Brian Reddy
Woodside
Christopher Carroll
M.C.
Wendy Cutler
Lou
Ron O.J. Parson
Turner
Sigrid K. Zahner
Vail's Secretary
Dianne Burns
WLS Anchor
Linda Yu
WLS Anchor
Andy Shaw
WLS Location Reporter
Mary Ann Childers
WBBM Anchor
Lester Holt
WBBM Anchor
Sylvia Gomez
WBBM Location Reporter
Jon Duncanson
WBBN Location Reporter
Greg Bronson
Banquet Patron (uncredited)
David Eckert
WGN Anchor
Robert Jordan
WGN Anchor
Joanie Lum
WGN Location Reporter
Randy Salerno
WGN Location Reporter
Kyle Colerider-Krugh
Postman
Joseph Luis Caballero
Joe
Randall Slavin
Young Boy
Mike Bacarella
Sergeant
Turk Muller
Precinct Jailer
Joseph F. Kosala
Cop
Lenny Wilson
Bartender
Peter Schreiner
Bailiff
Joseph R. Ryan
Old Man
Azalea Davila
Linda
Wayne Wright
Court Clerk
Tony Fitzpatrick
Duty Officer
Clarence Williams, Jr.
Arresting Cop
Rosalie V. Lewis
Stenographer
Dwight Brad Dyer
Prison Guard
Larry Cook
Pilot
Bob Kenney
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