Highest-Rated Movies about 'Bailiff', Sort by Popularity
Character (1997), Sansho the Bailiff (1954), A Time to Kill (1996), Dreams of a Life (2011), Can-Can (1960) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Bailiff movies.
#1. Character (1997)
Storyline: Young lawyer Katadreuffe (Fedja van Huêt) is the chief suspect in the murder of the cold-hearted bailiff Dreverhaven (Jan Decleir). The two have long been rivals, waging personal battles through the courts, and Katadreuffe was observed leaving the scene of the crime. Giving his testimony to police, Katadreuffe effectively tells his life story, in which his ambition for success in the legal world was driven by a hatred of his biological father -- who was, secretly, Dreverhaven.
Plot Keywords: lawyer, bailiff, mother, love interest, police detective, dense, fiery ...
Movie Details Click Here!#2. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Storyline: In mediaeval Japan a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression.
Plot Keywords: mother, son, daughter, bailiff, slave, emotional, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!#3. A Time to Kill (1996)
Storyline: In Canton, Mississippi, 10-year-old Tonya Hailey is viciously brutalized by two white racist rednecks -- James Louis "Pete" Willard and Billy Ray Cobb. Almost immediately after Tonya is found and rushed to a hospital, Pete and Billy Ray are found at a roadside bar, where they had been bragging about what they did to Tonya. Tonya's understandably distraught and enraged father, Carl Lee Hailey, remembers a case from a year ago, when four white men raped an African-American girl in a nearby town, and got acquitted. Carl is determined to not let that happen in this case. While deputy Dwayne Powell Looney is escorting Pete and Billy Ray up a flight of stairs to a court room, Carl emerges from the building's basement with an assault rifle, and he kills Pete and Billy Ray for what they did to Tonya. Carl is later arrested at his house by African-American sheriff Ozzie Walls, and Carl is scheduled to be placed on trial. Despite the efforts of the NAACP and local African-American leaders to ...
Plot Keywords: klansman, lawyer, bailiff, judge, protégé, alcoholic, disheartening ...
Movie Details Click Here!#4. Dreams of a Life (2011)
Storyline: A filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003. Her body wasn't discovered for three years, and newspaper reports offered few details of her life - not even a photograph.
Plot Keywords: missing person, single woman, adult, ex-boyfriend, bailiff, family member, sad ...
Movie Details Click Here!#5. Can-Can (1960)
Storyline: Montmartre, 1896: the Can-Can, the dance in which the women lift their skirts, is forbidden. Nevertheless, Simone has it performed every day in her nightclub. Her employees use their female charms to let the representatives of law enforcement look the other way - and even attend the shows. Then the young ambitious judge Philippe Forrestier decides to bring this to an end. Will Simone manage to twist him round her little finger too? Her boyfriend, Francois, certainly doesn't like to watch her trying.—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Plot Keywords: lawyer, club owner, judge, photographer, bailiff, dancer, hilarious ...
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