Legal Eagles is a 1986 crime comedy-drama written and directed by Ivan Reitman, and starring Robert Redford, Debra Winger, and Daryl Hannah.
Tom Logan (Redford) is an Assistant District Attorney in the New York City District Attorney's Office, who is on his way to becoming the new DA. Into his life enters Laura Kelly (Winger), an attorney who is representing Chelsea Deardon (Hannah). Chelsea is accused of stealing a painting from an art dealer, V...
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Legal Eagles is a 1986 crime comedy-drama written and directed by Ivan Reitman, and starring Robert Redford, Debra Winger, and Daryl Hannah.
Tom Logan (Redford) is an Assistant District Attorney in the New York City District Attorney's Office, who is on his way to becoming the new DA. Into his life enters Laura Kelly (Winger), an attorney who is representing Chelsea Deardon (Hannah). Chelsea is accused of stealing a painting from an art dealer, Victor Taft (Terrence Stamp). However, Chelsea claims that the painting is actually hers, as her father made it for her and signed it to her on her 8th birthday 18 years ago - the same day that her father and most of his paintings went up in smoke in a mysterious fire.
Kelly eventually manages to talk Logan into helping them (after she creates an impromptu press conference at the dinner where Logan is being introduced as the new candidate for District Attorney). However, things turn even more mysterious when Taft suddenly drops all charges...
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