Struggling new attorney Rudy Baylor resorts to working for a shady lawyer, where he meets paralegal Deck Shifflet . When the insurance company of Dot Black refuses her dying son coverage, Baylor and Shifflet team up to fight the corrupt corporation, taking on its callous lawyer . Meanwhile, Baylor becomes involved with Kelly Riker, an abused wife, whose husband complicates matters when he confronts Baylor.

Cast :

• Matt Damon
• Rudy Baylor

• Claire Danes
• Kelly Riker

• Jon Voight
• Leo F. Drummond

• Mary Kay Place
• Dot Black

• Mickey Rourke
• Bruiser Stone

• Danny DeVito
• Deck Shifflet

• Dean Stockwell
• Judge Harvey Hale

• Teresa Wright
• Miss Birdie

• Virginia Madsen
• Jackie Lemanczyk

• Andrew Shue
• Cliff Riker

• Red West
• Buddy Black

• Johnny Whitworth
• Donny Ray Black

• Wayne Emmons
• Prince Thomas

• Adrian Roberts
• Butch

• Roy Scheider
• Wilfred Keeley

• Randy Travis
• Billy Porter

• Michael Girardin
• Everett Lufkin

• Randall King
• Jack Underhall

• Justin Ashforth
• F. Franklin Donaldson

• Michael Keys Hall
• B. Bobby Shaw

• Danny Glover
• Judge Tyrone Kipler (uncredited)