Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

134 mins | Drama | Dec. 30, 1988

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 mounted by Leibman confounds and aggravates government prosecutor Sam Waterston--but he, like Leibman, remains a man of judiciary integrity.

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

134 mins | Drama | Dec. 30, 1988

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
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 mounted by Leibman confounds and aggravates government prosecutor Sam Waterston--but he, like Leibman, remains a man of judiciary integrity.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Robert Papazian Productions, Century Group Ltd., George Englund Productions
Original title Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
Directors Jeff Bleckner
Writers William Link, Richard Levinson

Cast

Sam Waterston

as Prosecutor

Ron Leibman

as Defence Attorney

Robert Davi

as Terrorist

Joe Morton

as Tandy

Jo Henderson

as Judge Bonner

Stephen Lee

as Ellis

Frances Conroy

as Lyn Kessler

Sheila Kelley

as Trish

James Greene

as George Flanders