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Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

Is he a prisoner of justice ... or revenge.
Dec 30, 1988 · 2h 14m
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TV Movie

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There is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five US citizens in Barcelona. Even his lawyers have zero respect for the rabidly sociopathic Davi. But Jewish defence attorney Ron Leibman is obsessed with the concept of Due Process, and has vowed that Davi will receive a scrupulously fair trial when the terrorist is extradited to America. The defence mounted by Leibman confounds and aggravates government prosecutor Sam Waterston--but he, like Leibman, remains a man of judiciary integrity.

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CAST

Sam Waterston
Jim Delmore
Ron Leibman
Simon Resnick
Robert Davi
Salim Ajami
Joe Morton
Tandy
Jo Henderson
Judge Bonner
Stephen Lee
Ellis
Frances Conroy
Lyn Kessler
Sheila Kelley
Trish
Directed by Jeff Bleckner

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Robert Papazian Productions, Century Group Ltd., George Englund Productions
Country
US

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