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| Taglines: | 1: I shot my wife. 2: I shot my wife…prove it. 3: If you look close enough, you’ll find everyone has a weak spot. 4: J’ai tu’e ma femme. Prouvez-le. (I killed my wife. Prove it.) [France] |
| Short Summary: | Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife and entraps her lover. He signs a confession; at the arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hotshot who’s soon to join a fancy civil-law firm, told by everyone it’s an open and shut case. Crawford sees Beachum’s weakness, the hairline fracture of his character: Willy’s a winner. The engineer sets in motion a clockwork crime with all the objects moving in predictable ways. |