![]() However, he also begins to see his job as a D.A. The disgraced Nunally commits suicide outside the courtroom.Īfter the trial, Beachum's future with the prestigious firm is in tatters. With no new evidence to present to the jury, Beachum is forced to concede the trial, and Crawford is acquitted. As the house was under surveillance the entire time from the shooting to Crawford's arrest, the police are baffled.īeachum is tempted by Nunally's scheme to plant false evidence to implicate Crawford but decides against it at the last minute. Beachum discovers that Crawford's handgun was not used to shoot his wife because it had never been fired and did not match the shell casings at the crime scene. Crawford's confession is ruled to be inadmissible as evidence, as it was fruit of the poisonous tree. Crawford reveals that the arresting officer (Nunally) was having an affair with his wife, assaulted him during his arrest, and was present during his interrogation. Beachum is busy making preparations for his transition from criminal law to corporate attorney for Wooton & Simms, a well-known law firm, and begins a romantic relationship with his future boss, Nikki Gardner ( Rosamund Pike).Īt the trial, Crawford acts as his own attorney, thereby matching up a star prosecutor against a supposedly untrained litigant. Nunnally notices who the victim is and is enraged, but does not reveal his relationship with her.Ĭrawford, now in jail, engages in a battle of wits with rising star deputy district attorney William "Willy" Beachum (Ryan Gosling), who considers this an open-and-shut matter and agrees to go to trial immediately. Police arrive on the scene, Nunally enters the house and convinces Crawford that they should both put down their guns. Confronting his wife, Crawford shoots her. ![]() Theodore "Ted" Crawford (Anthony Hopkins), a wealthy and resourceful Irish aeronautical engineer in Los Angeles, confirms that his wife Jennifer ( Embeth Davidtz) is having an affair with police detective Robert Nunally ( Billy Burke). ![]()
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