CAST AND CREW

DIRECTOR
Harold Becker

WRITING CREDITS
Ken Lipper
Paul Schrader
Nicholas Pileggi
Bo Goldman

CAST
Al Pacino Mayor John Pappas
John Cusack Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun
Bridget Fonda Marybeth Cogan
Danny Aiello Frank Anselmo
Martin Landau Judge Walter Stern
David Paymer Abe Goodman
Anthony Franciosa Paul Zapatti

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In this powerful drama, a shoot-out between a hero cop and a mobster connected drug dealer leaves a six-year-old black child dead on the tenement streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The killings launch a storm of controversy and the reverberations are felt immediately at City Hall.

Al Pacino stars as Mayor John Pappas, a populist leader who has captured the hearts of the people the way Fiorello La Guardia once did, and now harbors ambitions for the White House. John Cusack plays Kevin Calhoun, the young Louisiana-born deputy mayor possessing a unique combination of high minded ideals and hard-nosed political savvy. Calhoun worships the mayor as a father figure and devotedly assists him with his day-to-day duties while implementing the plan to fulfill his presidential aspirations. Bridget Fonda portrays Marybeth Cogan, a strong-willed lawyer for the detectives endowment association who seeks to preserve the good reputation of the slain officer and to protect the rights of his widow.

Hoping to quell the outrage caused by the killings, Calhoun attempts to get to the bottom of the matter only to discover there is more to the case than meets the eye. He and Cogan conduct a suspenseful trip through the treacherous labyrinth of the city government and by the time they reach their destination, nothing in City Hall will ever be the same. City Hall also stars Danny Aiello, David Paymer and Martin Landau.