The Chamber (1996)
Overview
Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $50,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $22,540,359.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 10.333 |
Directed By
James Foley
Crew
James Foley
William Goldman
John Davis
Brian Grazer
Ron Howard
Ric Kidney
Carter Burwell
Ian Baker
Mark Warner
John Grisham
Todd Sible
Phil Alden Robinson
David T. Friendly
Karen Kehela Sherwood
Karen Snow
Mali Finn
David Brisbin
Mark Worthington
Lisa Fischer
Tracy Tynan
Lance Anderson
Lon Bentley
Bonnie Clevering
Angel De Angelis
Leonard Engelman
Iraina Gibson
Deborah Mills-Whitlock
Ron Scott
Ellen Wong
Greg Goossen
Webster Whinery
Webster Whinery
Jim McConnell
Doc Duhame
Nils Allen Stewart
Hugh Aodh O'Brien
Kevin Grevioux
TOP CAST
Chris O'Donnell
Adam Hall
Gene Hackman
Sam Cayhall
Faye Dunaway
Lee Cayhall Bowen
Robert Prosky
E. Garner Goodman
Lela Rochon
Nora Stark
Bo Jackson
Sgt. Clyde Packer
Millie Perkins
Ruth Kramer
David Marshall Grant
Gov. David McAllister
Raymond J. Barry
Rollie Wedge
Nicholas Pryor
Judge Flynn F. Slattery
Richard Bradford
Wyn Lettner
Harve Presnell
Attorney General Roxburgh
Josef Sommer
Phelps Bowen
Jane Kaczmarek
Dr. Anne Biddows
Seth Isler
Marvin B. Kramer
Greg Wayne Elam
Joe Lincoln
Greg Goossen
J.B. Gullitt
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