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Box office. $117.6 million [2] The Client is a 1994 American legal thriller film directed by Joel Schumacher, and starring Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro (his acting film debut), Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony LaPaglia, Anthony Edwards, and Ossie Davis. It is based on the 1993 novel by John Grisham. It was filmed in Memphis, Tennessee .
11-year-old Mark Sway (Brad Renfro) and his 8-year-old brother Ricky (Davis Speck) are smoking in the woods behind their trailer park when a mysterious car rolls up. The driver is a Memphis mob lawyer named Jerome Clifford (Walter Olkewicz). The lawyer soon discovered mark and creates a plan. First kill Mark, then kill himself.
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete. Susan Sarandon. ... Reggie Love. Tommy Lee Jones. ... Roy Foltrigg. Mary-Louise Parker.
The Client may not reinvent the tenets of the legal drama, but Joel Schumacher's sturdy directorial hand and a high-caliber cast bring John Grisham's page-turner to life with engrossing suspense.
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- Joel Schumacher
- PG-13
- Susan Sarandon
The Client (1994) A gripping adventure of a streetwise kid who, finding himself wanted by both the FBI and the mob, hires a lawyer to defend his right not to reveal what he knows about a mafia killing. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. A gripping adventure of a streetwise kid who, finding ...
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Novel by. "The Client" takes place in a steamy Southern Gothic world of corruption, evil and cynicism - John Grisham country, somewhere between Memphis and Yoknapatawpha County. In the center of this world stands young Mark Sway (Brad Renfro), a tough 11-year-old whose life is in danger because he has information that could harm powerful people.
Jul 20, 1994 · A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.
