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Jury Duty: The Comedy (1990)
Mild and meek accountant Sanford Lagelfost has been charged with embezzling $3 million dollars from Trout Industries. A decidedly mixed bag of jurors are chosen to serve on the case, including Eddie, a waiter; Rita, a high-priced call girl; Phil, a high-powered businessman; and Abby, a rabble rousing ex-hippie. When the star witness, the voluptuous Hope Hathaway, takes the stand, she startles everyone with her stories of Sanford's Lothario-esque conquests. Suddenly, the unassuming Sanford is a celebrity heartthrob and he finds himself in headlines and gossip columns across the country. Due to the case's growing notoriety, the judge sequesters the jury. And things start to get wild...
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Mild and meek accountant Sanford Lagelfost has been charged with embezzling $3 million dollars from Trout Industries. A decidedly mixed bag of jurors are chosen to serve on the case, including Eddie, a waiter; Rita, a high-priced call girl; Phil, a high-powered businessman; and Abby, a rabble rousing ex-hippie. When the star witness, the voluptuous Hope Hathaway, takes the stand, she startles everyone with her stories of Sanford's Lothario-esque conquests. Suddenly, the unassuming Sanford is a celebrity heartthrob and he finds himself in headlines and gossip columns across the country. Due to the case's growing notoriety, the judge sequesters the jury. And things start to get wild...
Rating:NR
Genre:Comedy, TV Movie
Written By:Rob Gilmer
In Theaters:1/14/1990
Box Office:
Runtime:94 minutes
Studio:Spectacor Films
Cast
Michael Schultz
Director
Mädchen Amick
Miss Doddsworth
Stephen Baldwin
Carlucci
Mark Blankfield
Ted Watkins
Barbara Bosson
Brattner
Ilene Graff
Marily Worth
Bill Kirchenbauer
Nick Grady
Heather Locklear
Rita Burwald
Bronson Pinchot
Sanford Lagelfost / Jorge Jimenez / Arthur Lloyd / Magda
Danny Pintauro
Kevin Worth
Lynn Redgrave
Abby Greyhouwsky
William G. Schilling
Harold Griffith
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