Murder in the First

About Murder in the First

A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.

Murder in the First is a 1995 crime film directed by Marc Rocco. Christian Slater stars as James Stamphill, Kevin Bacon as Henri Young, Gary Oldman as Associate Milton Glenn, and Embeth Davidtz as Mary McCasslin.

It runs 122 minutes and was released in January 1995. Written by Dan Gordon. It was produced by Le Studio Canal+, Warner Bros. Pictures, and Wolper Organization.

Members will find prisoner, courtroom, murder trial, and death row in it. American members can watch it on Howdy Amazon Channel. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 634 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

The Longest Yard, The Great Escape, and Chicago make useful companions to Murder in the First, all filed under prison and prisoner abuse.