Show notes
Rain-soaked streets...moss and wisteria...bad guys in the bayou. This is the setting for Mark Frost's 1992 film Storyville, a courtroom drama/thriller mixed with elements of the police procedural Frost knew all too well from his years on Hill Street Blues, a dose of Vietnamese underworld intrigue, and all filmed at the intersection of Deep South corruption and 1990s social conscience. It's messy at times and highly entertaining in others.
If nothing else, watch it for James Spader and Jason Robards ("...don't forget the final courtroom fight scene!" Aidan adds.)
Starring: James Spader, Joanne Whalley
Written by: Frank Gallbally and Robert Macklin (novel), Mark Frost and Lee Reynolds (screenplay)J
Produced by: John Davis, John Flock, Chappy Hardy