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Jan 10, 1988 · Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami: Directed by Jeff Bleckner. With Sam Waterston, Ron Leibman, Robert Davi, Joe Morton. An Palestinian terrorist is smuggled out of West Beirut by American secret forces, he is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and killing five innocent people including a five-year-old child.
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- Drama
- Jeff Bleckner
- 1988-01-10
Synopsis. 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 ...
- (149)
- Jeff Bleckner
- PG
- 1
After being captured by an elite American Special Forces unit, Palestinian terrorist Salim Ajami (Robert Davi), accused of masterminding a bombing in Spain that killed four American tourists, is ...
- Jeff Bleckner
- Drama
- Sam Waterston
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 ...
When an Arab terrorist is smuggled out of West Beirut by American secret forces, he is charged with conspiracy to commit murder, and killing five innocent people, including a five-year-old child. An unprecedented trial commences as he is charged under a new Federal statute declaring murder of American civilians overseas a felony. Resnick, a Law Professor at a prestigious university hasn’t ...
A television movie about a captured international terrorist who is brought to the United States to stand trial. The drama, set in the immediate future, focuses on a hypothetical law which would allow the United States to unilaterally extradite foreign nationals accused of carrying out or supervising violent crimes against American citizens abroad.
The original title was "Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami". It is being sold on DVD in the USA, the UK, Scandinavia and perhaps elsewhere as "Hostile Witness", and in Australia as "In the Hands of the Enemy".
