The Chamber
adapted as "The Chamber"
The Chamber
Non-series
John Grisham
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN-10: 0-385-42472-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-42472-1
Published: May 1994
Synopsis: In 1967 in Greenville, Mississippi, known Klan member Sam Cayhall is accused of bombing the law offices of Jewish civil rights activist Marvin Kramer, killing Kramer's two sons. Cayhall's first trial, with an all-white jury and a Klan rally outside the courthouse, ends in a hung jury; the retrial six months later has the same outcome.
Twelve years later an ambitious district attorney in Greenville reopens the case. Much has changed since 1967, and this time, with a jury of eight whites and four blacks, Cayhall is convicted. He is transferred to the state penitentiary at Parchman to await execution on death row.
In 1990, in the huge Chicago law firm of Kravitz & Bane, a young lawyer named Adam Hall asks to work on the Cayhall case, which the firm has handled on a pro bono basis for years. But the case is all but lost and time is running out: within weeks Sam Cayhall will finally go to the gas chamber. Why in the world would Adam want to get involved?
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The Chamber
James Foley, Director
Theatrical release date: 10/11/1996
DVD release date: 05/27/1998
Studio: Universal
Cast: Adam Hall (Chris O'Donnell), Sam Cayhall (Gene Hackman), Lee Cayhall Bowen (Faye Dunaway), E. Garner Goodman (Robert Prosky), Rollie Wedge/Donnie Cayhall (Raymond J. Barry), Sgt. Clyde Packer (Bo Jackson), Nora Stark (Lela Rochon), Gov. David McAllister (David Marshall Grant), Judge Flynn F. Slattery (Nicholas Pryor), Atty. Gen. Roxburgh (Harve Presnell), Wyn Lettner (Richard Bradford)
Rating: R
Running time: 113 minutes
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