A First Amendment scholar is recruited by an attorney to sue a publishing company after a hit man commits a triple murder by allegedly following a how-to manual the book company published. They set out to put the company on trial for providing blueprints for would-be murderers. Arguing that the publisher is not protected by the First Amendment, the crusading lawyers seek monetary damages for the victims' families.
Timothy Hutton
as Rod Smolla
Ron Rifkin
as Howard Siegel
Clark Johnson
as James Perry
Penny Johnson Jerald
as Laura Harmon
Cliff DeYoung
as Tom Kelley
Kenneth Welsh
as Peder Lund
James McDaniel
as Lawrence Horn
Bill McDonald
as Peder Lund
Dean McDermott
as Leasure
Yanna McIntosh
as Elaine
David Hemblen
as Judge Luttig
Karen Andren
as Tiffani
