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.

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Cast

Timothy Hutton

Rod Smolla

Ron Rifkin

Howard Siegel

Clark Johnson

James Perry

Penny Johnson Jerald

Laura Harmon

Cliff DeYoung

Tom Kelley

Kenneth Welsh

Peder Lund

James McDaniel

Lawrence Horn

Dean McDermott

Leasure

Yanna McIntosh

Elaine

David Hemblen

Judge Luttig

Oliver Becker

Agent Casey

Stephanie Belding

Forewoman (as Stephanie Zoe Belding)