Movie
1983
The Star Chamber is a 1983 American crime thriller film starring Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, Sharon Gless, James B. Sikking, and Joe Regalbuto. The film was written by Roderick Taylor and Peter Hyams and directed by Hyams. Its title is taken from the name of the Star Chamber, a 15th−17th-century English court.
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One of the greatest problems for 1970s and 1980s America was rampant crime, which forces of law and order had been apparently unable to stop. This led many to see vigilantism as the only credible alternative, a sentiment heavily exploited by Hollywood films. One of the more unusual of such vigilante films was *The Star Chamber*, 1983 thriller directed by Peter Hyams. Protagonist, played by Michael Douglas, is Superi…More
