The Chamber
Non-Series
John Grisham
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0385424728
Published: May 1994
Synopsis: In 1967 in Greenville, Mississippi,
known Klan member Sam Cayhall is accused of bombing the law offices of
Jewish civil rights activist Marvin Kramer, killing Kramer's two sons.
Cayhall's first trial, with an all-white jury and a Klan rally outside
the courthouse, ends in a hung jury; the retrial six months later has
the same outcome.
Twelve years later an ambitious district attorney in Greenville reopens
the case. Much has changed since 1967, and this time, with a jury of
eight whites and four blacks, Cayhall is convicted. He is transferred
to the state penitentiary at Parchman to await execution on death row.
In 1990, in the huge Chicago
law firm of Kravitz & Bane, a young lawyer named Adam Hall asks to
work on the Cayhall case, which the firm has handled on a pro bono
basis for years. But the case is all but lost and time is running out:
within weeks Sam Cayhall will finally go to the gas chamber. Why in the
world would Adam want to get involved?
The Chamber
James Foley, Director
Chris O'Donnell: Adam Hall
Gene Hackman: Sam Cayhall
Faye Dunaway: Lee Cayhall Bowen
Robert Prosky: E. Garner Goodman
Raymond J. Barry: Rollie Wedge/Donnie Cayhall
Bo Jackson: Sgt. Clyde Packer
Lela Rochon: Nora Stark
David Marshall Grant: Gov. David McAllister
Nicholas Pryor: Judge Flynn F. Slattery
Harve Presnell: Atty. Gen. Roxburgh
Richard Bradford: Wyn Lettner
Source: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
DVD Release: 05/27/1998
Original Release: 10/11/1996
Rating: R
Aspect Ratio: Cinemascope (2.35:1)
Presentation: Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Language: English, Français, Español
Subtitles: English, Español
Time: 1:53:00
