License To Kill
Celebrating her high school graduation young student Lynne Peterson is killed by drunk
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driver Tom Fiske a successful businessman. Her father vowing to see his daughter's killer punished must face a slow-moving legal system and a high-priced defense law...
Advantages: Good performances, interesting story Disadvantages: Nothing special about it
Please note: I am reviewing the 1984 film about a drink-driving case and not Licence (with a c) To Kill, the James Bond one!
Lynne Peterson is a talented teenager; having done brilliantly at school, she is about to go away to college. Then one day her life is tragically ended following a car accident caused by a drunk driver. Her parents and sister are devastated; her mother goes to bed and refuses to get up and her father copes by trying to find ... ...many stops and starts, the court case seems doomed to failure and it seems that the driver will get off scot-free. Can lawyer Martin Sawyer ensure that justice is done? James Farentino plays Mr Peterson and, on the whole, does a quality job. Losing a child is one of the most difficult things a parent can face, and Farentino is certainly convincing in his grief and frustration at the problems with the case. Penny Fuller as Mrs Peterson is also good. ...
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