A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write. Amid the daily chaos of teaching in an inner city school, Alex Jurel tries to decide if he will lie at his deposition to protect the school or tell the truth and risk throwing away his career.
Cast
Nick Nolte
Alex Jurel
JoBeth Williams
Lisa Hammond
Judd Hirsch
Roger Rubell
Ralph Macchio
Eddie Pilikian
Allen Garfield
Carl Rosenberg
Lee Grant
Dr. Donna Burke
Richard Mulligan
Herbert Gower
Royal Dano
Ditto Stiles
William Schallert
Horn
Art Metrano
Troy
Laura Dern
Diane
Crispin Glover
Danny
Morgan Freeman
Lewis
Madeleine Sherwood
Grace
Steven Hill
Sloane
Zohra Lampert
Mrs. Pilikian
Mary Alice
Linda Ganz
Katherine Balfour
Theresa
Vivian Bonnell
Nurse
Virginia Capers
Landlady
Ellen Crawford
Social Worker
Terrance Ellis
Tim Hahn
Aaron Freeman
Brinkman
Patricia Gaul
Lowe
Anthony Heald
Narc
Ronald Hunter
Mr. Pilikian
Julia Jennings
The Blonde
Stephen Mendillo
Lecture Cop
Jeffrey Ware
Malloy
Richard Zobel
Propes
Da Nang McKay
Wounded Kid
Virginia Smith
Lee
Ray Noch
Dan Hall
Maria D. Magisano
Alvado
Bill Marinella
Paller
Noerena Abookire
Terry Davis
Andrew Ream
Henson
Jennifer Quilty
Sarah
Kimberly Pullins
Student
David Caltrider
Student
Marvin Morgan
Student
Shantel R. Chappell
Student
Dan Levinson
Student
Donte St. John
Student
Ken Feil
Student
Vicki Lynn Puzinas
Student
Tony Lincoln
Guard
Wilbert Bradley
Guard
Ron Dean
Guard
Jamie Newell
Guard
Ronald Merians
Guard
Zaid Farid
Cop
Bernard Canepari
Cop
Will Zahrn
Cop
Simon Williams
Attendant
Paul Zegler
Attendant
Dick Sollenberger
Attendant
Phillip S. Wilson
Teacher
Allan Byrne
Teacher
Mary Louise Wilson
Teacher
Nick Baldasare
Teacher Playing Ping Pong (uncredited)
John Branch
Student (uncredited)
Laura Coker
Secretary (uncredited)
Timothy Holmes
Student (uncredited)
Brian Walker
Student (uncredited)
Crew
Arthur Hiller
Director
W.R. McKinney
Writer
Don Zimmerman
Editor
William Essary
Assistant Editor
David M. Walsh
Director of Photography
L. Andrew Stone
First Assistant Director
Irwin Russo
Executive Producer
Aaron Russo
Producer
Art Levinson
Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager
Richard Macdonald
Production Design
Robert Edesa
Camera Operator
Michael Nash
First Assistant Camera
Ilene Starger
Casting Assistant
Dianne Crittenden
Casting
Ruth Myers
Costume Design
Lynn Del Kail
Hairstylist
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist
Edouard F. Henriques III
Makeup Artist
Don Hall
Supervising Sound Editor
Virginia Cook-McGowan
Sound Editor
Frank Howard
Sound Editor
Joseph A. Ippolito
Sound Editor
Michael J. Kohut
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Aaron Rochin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Carlos Delarios
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jerry Jost
Production Sound Mixer
Norman Harris
Chief Lighting Technician
Chuck Schulthies Jr.
Special Effects
Sandy Gibson
Music Supervisor
William Saracino
Music Editor
John M. Dwyer
Set Decoration
James Zenk
Still Photographer
Jan Kemper
Script Supervisor
Sidney H. Greenwood
Property Master
Richard Moran
Key Grip
Bruce Bahrenburg
Unit Publicist
