: Jack Warden played Judge Rayford, a character who famously eats lunch on a narrow ledge outside his office and plays Russian roulette with a shotgun.
Al Pacino was on fire in the late 1970s. Director Norman Jewison had to move fast to secure him for the role, as Pacino was also considering the script for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) at the time. Jewison's secret weapon was a dramatic workshop reading of the screenplay with other actors, a stage tactic that immediately convinced Pacino to commit, leading Dustin Hoffman to famously take the Kramer vs. Kramer role instead. and justice for all 1979 exclusive
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