by Mark Deming
synopsis
In this thriller, Judge Richard Miller (Ryan O'Neal) is put in a highly precarious position when he is assigned to preside over the trial of Gabrielle Mitchell (Madchen Amick), a high-priced call girl with an exclusive clientele. Gabrielle, who has arranged her own arrest in order to blackmail her better-known customers, presents Miller a list of her regular clients -- as well as an incriminating videotape. Miller is put in the difficult position of either making the information public and destroying the careers of trusted colleagues, or risking his own prosecution by keeping it a secret.
characteristics
- Prostitutes
- Blackmail
- Streetwalker
- Prostitute/prostitution
- Trial [courtroom]
- Whore
- Whistleblowers
- Judge
- Political Corruption
- Call-girl
- Courtesan
- Hooker
- Video-tape
- Client
- Witness Protection
