Mistrial (film)

Mistrial is a 1996 American drama film written and directed by Heywood Gould and starring Bill Pullman, Jon Seda, and Robert Loggia. The film aired on HBO.

Mistrial
Genre	Action Drama Thriller
Written by	Heywood Gould
Directed by	Heywood Gould
Starring	Bill Pullman Robert Loggia Blair Underwood
Music by	Brad Fiedel
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	1
Production
Executive producers	Geena Davis Renny Harlin
Producers	Bart Brown Bruce Cohen Rebecca Spikings
Production location	Montréal
Cinematography	Paul Sarossy
Editors	Rod Dean Jon Poll
Running time	89 minutes
Production company	HBO NYC Productions
Distributor	HBO
Release
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	November 2, 1996

Plot

After community activist Eddie Rios (Seda), charged with the murder of two NYPD officers, one of them his ex-wife, is found not guilty due to legal technicalities, arresting detective Steve Donohue (Pullman) takes the judge, jury, and Rios hostage, and decides to have a new trial, presenting evidence that was not previously allowed. His captain Lou Unger (Loggia) tries to convince Donohue to end his hostage taking peaceably.

Cast

• Bill Pullman as Steve Donohue
• Robert Loggia as Captain Lou Unger
• Jon Seda as Eddie Rios
• Blair Underwood as Lieutenant C. Hodges
• Leo Burmester as Commissioner Russell Crane
• Roma Maffia as Laurie Meisinger
• James Rebhorn as Mayor Taylor
• Christina Cox as Officer Ida Cruz
• Josef Sommer as Nick Mirsky
• Penny Crone as Reporter

Background

Although the film was shot principally in Canada, the NYPD and other NYC sources were credited with assisting and advising.

Sources

• Mistrial at IMDb
• Mistrial at AllMovie
• https://www.variety.com/profiles/TVMOW/main/55385/Mistrial.html?dataSet=1