As Martin, gifted character actor Coleman is wasted in an unrewarding role, while Wirth mostly acts on his handsome looks as the stranger with a “mysterious” motive. 483 (1964) (hotel desk clerk lacked authority to consent to.
Patton, who is usually brilliant in small offbeat roles, is miscast here in the underwritten role of the bland husband we never get a sense of the kind of marriage the Warwicks have. advance judicial approval of searches and seizures through a war. Lawyers, particularly women, might find offensive an erotic scene under the table in Gwen’s office, reaching orgasm while negotiating an important assignment on the telephone. Dark lofts, swinging doors, empty parking lots, and so on are all nicely handled, but they’re also familiar to an audience that always seems to be ahead of the story’s characters.īedelia gives a dominating performance, but the woman she plays is too intelligent and too bright to behave in such senseless manner.
Though a first-time helmer, Bindley gives his picture a smooth and polished look, displaying some mastery over the genre’s tricks– and visual cliches. The courtroom format relies heavily on fine-tuned dialogue and unanticipated revelations, but Bindley’s writing, specifically in the court sequences, is borderline banal and the disclosures made not particularly suspenseful. Realizing she’s been set up, Gwen begins a desperate race against time to prove her innocence. Soon, what seemed “circumstantial” evidence turns out to be a well-planned and planted case, resulting with Gwen as the prime suspect. The door opened to admit the blonde girl from the corridor accompanied by the dark-haired girl I’d just seen both still naked apart from their socks and shoes. Miss Jennnings, send Ruth and Jessica in please. When Gwen’s roguish colleague, Charles Matron (Dabney Coleman), “a chronic flirt,” is found dead in his office, she’s asked to preside over his murder case. She picked up the phone on her desk and tapped a number. Seemingly curious and sexually unfulfilled, one night she follows Martin (Billy Wirth), a sexy law clerk, into his office and a steamy affair evolves, though she knows nothing about him. Gwen Warwick (Bedelia) is a stern, accomplished criminal court judge, soon to be appointed to the Michigan State Supreme Court. Witnesses describe gruesome scenes as John Grant, 60, put to death on Thursday in state’s first judicial killing for six years Last modified on Fri 13.22 EDT Oklahoma is coming under. As such, it’s best suited to the tube with good prospects on video. Its star, the graceful Bonnie Bedelia, does an honorable job, but the film’s “B” plot and its lack of sustained suspense make it just another generic item. While she is talking on the phone, he goes under her table, caresses her legs and impliedly pleasures her.Judicial Consent aspires to belong to the league of suspense thrillers about female lawyers, like Jagged Edge with Glenn Close or Cher’s vehicle, Suspect. They kiss and have implied sex on the floor. When he confronts her about it, she leaves the house and spends the night at the librarian's place. Gwen's husband suspects she is having an affair but he suspected the wrong guy: an older colleague of Gwen named Charles. They fuck in a standing position against some wall. He catches up to her in the street and they make out under the pouring rain. They talk, then he starts kissing her from behind. He catches her and invites her to his place.
He inserts some notes in the books that she borrowed, they flirt when interacting, etc. She first meets him when she borrows some books from the library. Judge Gwen Warwick starts an affair with a young librarian.
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