Primal Fear

An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.

Discover

Richard Gere

Martin Vail

Laura Linney

Janet Venable

Edward Norton

Aaron/Roy Stampler

John Mahoney

Shaughnessy

Joe Spano

Stenner

Tony Plana

Martinez

Jon Seda

Alex

Reg Rogers

Connerman

Brian Reddy

Woodside

Sigrid K. Zahner

Vail's Secretary

Diann Burns

WLS Anchor

Linda Yu

WLS Anchor

Andy Shaw

WLS Location Reporter

Mary Ann Childers

WBBM Anchor

Lester Holt

WBBM Anchor

Sylvia Gomez

WBBM Location Reporter

Jon Duncanson

WBBN Location Reporter

David Eckert

WGN Anchor

Robert Jordan

WGN Anchor

Joanie Lum

WGN Location Reporter

Randy Salerno

WGN Location Reporter

Randall Slavin

Young Boy

Mike Bacarella

Sergeant

Turk Muller

Precinct Jailer

Lenny Wilson

Bartender

Wayne Wright

Court Clerk

Tony Fitzpatrick

Duty Officer

Rosalie V. Lewis

Stenographer

Dwight Brad Dyer

Prison Guard

Greg Bronson

Banquet Patron (uncredited)

Art

William Arnold

Art Direction

Phill Norman

Title Designer

Cindy Carr

Set Decoration

Kacy Magedman

Art Department Coordinator

Jeannine Oppewall

Production Design

Paul Allen

Set Dresser

Camera

Michael Chapman

Director of Photography

Bill Roe

Camera Operator

Ron Phillips

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Betsy Cox

Costume Design

Directing

Gregory Hoblit

Director

Lucille OuYang

Second Assistant Director

J. Stephen Buck

First Assistant Director

Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez

Script Supervisor

Editing

Phil Hetos

Color Timer

Theresa Repola Mohammed

Negative Cutter

Lighting

Jono Kouzouyan

Chief Lighting Technician

Production

Robert McMinn

Co-Producer

Robert Grand

Production Manager

Hawk Koch

Executive Producer

Gary Lucchesi

Producer

Sound

James Newton Howard

Original Music Composer

Jim Weidman

Music Editor

Cameron Frankley

Sound Effects Editor

Steve Cantamessa

Sound Mixer

Thomas W. Small

Foley Editor

Robin Harlan

Foley Artist

Robert Schaper

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Kevin E. Carpenter

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Bruce Fortune

Supervising Sound Editor

Greg Stacy

Sound Effects Editor

Anthony Milch

Sound Effects Editor

Joe Dorn

Supervising ADR Editor

Gary Thomas

Boom Operator

Carin Rogers

Supervising Dialogue Editor

Sarah Monat

Foley Artist

Randy K. Singer

Foley Mixer

Jeffrey J. Haboush

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Marilyn Graf

Foley Mixer

Bob Baron

ADR Mixer

Writing

Steve Shagan

Screenplay

Ann Biderman

Screenplay

Art

William Arnold

Art Direction

Phill Norman

Title Designer

Cindy Carr

Set Decoration

Kacy Magedman

Art Department Coordinator

Jeannine Oppewall

Production Design

Paul Allen

Set Dresser

Camera

Michael Chapman

Director of Photography

Bill Roe

Camera Operator

Ron Phillips

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Betsy Cox

Costume Design

Directing

Gregory Hoblit

Director

Lucille OuYang

Second Assistant Director

J. Stephen Buck

First Assistant Director

Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez

Script Supervisor

Editing

Phil Hetos

Color Timer

Theresa Repola Mohammed

Negative Cutter

Lighting

Jono Kouzouyan

Chief Lighting Technician

Production

Robert McMinn

Co-Producer

Robert Grand

Production Manager

Hawk Koch

Executive Producer

Gary Lucchesi

Producer

Sound

James Newton Howard

Original Music Composer

Jim Weidman

Music Editor

Cameron Frankley

Sound Effects Editor

Steve Cantamessa

Sound Mixer

Thomas W. Small

Foley Editor

Robin Harlan

Foley Artist

Robert Schaper

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Kevin E. Carpenter

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Bruce Fortune

Supervising Sound Editor

Greg Stacy

Sound Effects Editor

Anthony Milch

Sound Effects Editor

Joe Dorn

Supervising ADR Editor

Gary Thomas

Boom Operator

Carin Rogers

Supervising Dialogue Editor

Sarah Monat

Foley Artist

Randy K. Singer

Foley Mixer

Jeffrey J. Haboush

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Marilyn Graf

Foley Mixer

Bob Baron

ADR Mixer

Writing

Steve Shagan

Screenplay

Ann Biderman

Screenplay