From the Hip (film)

From the Hip is a 1987 American courtroom comedy-drama film directed by Bob Clark from a screenplay by Clark and David E. Kelley. The film stars Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins, John Hurt, Ray Walston, and Darren McGavin.

In the film, Robert "Stormy" Weathers, a recent graduate of law school manipulates his superiors into allowing him to represent banker Raymond Torkenson in his trial. He intentionally turns the case into a media frenzy, and then wins the trial by conspiring with opposing lawyer Matt Cowens. Having won fame and a promotion, Weathers next becomes the lead defense counsel in a murder trial. When he realizes that his client Douglas Benoit is actually guilty, he is more interested in making the man pay for his crime than in advancing his own career.