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Primal Fear (1996)

Primal Fear
Primal Fear
R
Crime
Documentary
Drama
Mystery
Thriller

Release Date
March 6, 1996
Director
Gregory Hoblit
Runtime
129
Main Genre
Crime
Writers
William Diehl , Steve Shagan , Ann Biderman
Tagline
Sooner or later a man who wears two faces forgets which one is real.

Summary

An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a "third person" in the room during the murder. The intensity builds when a surprise twist alters everyone's perception of the crime and what really happened...

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