The Devil's Advocate
Summary: An exceptionally-adept Florida lawyer is offered a job at a high-end New York City law firm with a high-end boss--the biggest opportunity of his career to date.
Release Date: October 17, 1997
Director:
Taylor Hackford
Runtime: 2 h 24 min
MPAA: R
Distributor: Warner Home Video, TBS Superstation, TNT, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Warner Bros. Television
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 57,000,000
Domestic: $ 60,944,660
International: $ 92,000,000
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