Reckless Disregard (1985)
Meredith Craig is lawyer who has a small practice. She is then approached by a Dr. Lucas who is a doctor at a clinic, who was exposed on a television news program as writing prescriptions for drugs in exchange for money. He says that he is innocent and asks Meredith to file a lawsuit against the program and its staff. Can a small lawyer beat a big television network?
- Date of release
- 1985-03-17
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Harvey Hart
Casting
- Tess Harper — Meredith Craig
- Leslie Nielsen — Bob Franklin
- Ronny Cox — Dan Leone
- Henry Ramer — Jack Coburn
- Kate Lynch — Lauren Gartner
- Sean McCann — Harold Stern
- Mag Ruffman
- Sharon Noble
- Alan McRae
- Mark Humphrey
- Barry Flatman
- Nuala Fitzgerald
Interesting facts
Reckless Disregard is a 1985 American film that was directed by Harvey Hart. It stars Tess Harper as a lawyer that must defend a physician against claims of selling prescriptions. After accepting the part Harper commented that the role was different from those she'd played in the past such as "rural mothers". The film has drawn comparisons to the 1983 Galloway lawsuit against Dan Rather as well as the case of Westmoreland vs. CBS.
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