The Killing Yard

TV Movie
2001
R
1h 50m

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Alan Alda and Rose McGowan in The Killing Yard (2001)

A man is accused of murdering two of his inmates around the same time as the 1971 Attica prison riots.A man is accused of murdering two of his inmates around the same time as the 1971 Attica prison riots.A man is accused of murdering two of his inmates around the same time as the 1971 Attica prison riots.

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6.0/10

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Awards
- 4 nominations total

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Goofs
The "X" mark that Mr. Ross places on the diagram changes after Ernie holds it up for the jury to see.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Hearts in Atlantis/The Killing Yard/Dinner Rush (2001)

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5/10

Very ordinary made-for-tv courtroom drama

"The Killing Yard" tells of an elder and ailing defense attorney (Alda) who wages a crusade for and bonds with an Attica inmate wrongfully accused of a double homicide. The film is a typical made in Canada for Showtime journeyman product with the biggest flaw being that we, the audience, can only ask ourselves why we should care. Character development is forsaken for courtroom drama, B-movie queen McGowan contributes little, and our "hero", the convict (Chestnut), plays a hard-to-feel-sorry-for felon. Will work best with those into trial flicks.