Deliberate Intent
Deliberate Intent
Release: 2000-08-06
·Runtime: 85m
·★ 4.5
Thriller
Drama
A First Amendment scholar is recruited by an attorney to sue a publishing company after a hit man commits a triple murder by allegedly following a how-to manual the book company published. They set out to put the company on trial for providing blueprints for would-be murderers. Arguing that the publisher is not protected by the First Amendment, the crusading lawyers seek monetary damages for the victims' families.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox Television
Jaffe/Braunstein Films
Cast
Timothy Hutton
as Rod Smolla
Ron Rifkin
as Howard Siegel
Clark Johnson
as James Perry
Penny Johnson Jerald
as Laura Harmon
Cliff DeYoung
as Tom Kelley
Kenneth Welsh
as Peder Lund
James McDaniel
as Lawrence Horn
Dean McDermott
as Leasure
Yanna McIntosh
as Elaine
David Hemblen
as Judge Luttig
Oliver Becker
as Agent Casey
Stephanie Belding
as Forewoman (as Stephanie Zoe Belding)
John Bourgeois
as Detective Gallon
Lauren Collins
as Erin Smolla
David Ferry
as Brandenburg
Kelly S. King
as Millie
Jeffrey Knight
as Editor
Cheryl MacInnis
as Virginia
Diego Matamoros
as John
Gerry Quigley
as Night Clerk
Sugith Varughese
as Forensic Detective
Angela Vint
as Cindy
Nigel Shawn Williams
as Judge Williams