A Case of Libel

A Case of Libel

115 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Oct. 17, 1983

Fact-based courtroom drama about a news reporter in 1954 who sued a columnist for libel after he proclaimed him a communist in print.

A Case of Libel

115 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Oct. 17, 1983

A Case of Libel
Fact-based courtroom drama about a news reporter in 1954 who sued a columnist for libel after he proclaimed him a communist in print.
Producers Showtime Networks
Original title A Case of Libel
Directors Eric Till
Writers Louis Nizor, Henry Denker

Cast

Daniel J. Travanti

as Boyd Bendix

Ed Asner

as Robert Sloane

Gordon Pinsent

as Dennis Corcoran

Robin Gammell

as Paul Cleary

Chris Wiggins

as Col. Douglas

Lawrence Dane

as Abner Coles

Charlotte Blunt

as Anita Corcoran

Michael J. Reynolds

as James Baldwin

Larry Reynolds

as Judge

Tom Harvey

as Fred Alston

Michael Zelniker

as David Strong

Meg Hogarth

as Claire Marshall