Peter Strauss
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In the recording, Davis was alleged to have asked the undercover employee to murder his wife and the judge. The trial of Texas v. Cullen T. Davis was one of the first uses of forensic discourse analysis on tape-recorded evidence in a legal setting in the United States.
Feb 12, 1995 · A crime drama thriller about a Houston lawyer who defends an oilman accused of murder and conspiracy in 1976. The movie is based on a book by Gary Cartwright and T.S. Cook, and features Peter Strauss, Heather Locklear and Dennis Franz.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Dick Lowry
- 1995-02-12
A true-life tale of a Texas oil magnate on trial for conspiring to murder his ex-wife and her lover. Peter Strauss stars as Cullen Davis, who hires Dennis Farina as his lawyer to clear his name.
Feb 10, 1995 · Published on February 10, 1995 05:00AM EST. Leave it to Heather Locklear to remind us why the long-form made-for-television movie was invented. In the four-hour Texas Justice, Locklear plays...
I don't know the full true story behind this film, but the idea of Cullen's "FBI" defence and the jury's reception of such is one amazing concept... See the film and decide for yourself. Based on the book 'Texas Justice' by Gary Cartwright, this is another of Strauss's outstanding roles.
Feb 12, 1995 · Synopsis by Michael Hastings. It's Reversal of Fortune meets Jerry Springer in this made-for-TV miniseries, which concerns the true-life tale of a Texas oil magnate on trial for conspiring to murder his brassy ex-wife -- and for very successfully doing away with her lover and daughter.
