Blind Justice (1994 film)

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Blind Justice
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Film release poster
Written by Daniel Knauf
Directed by Richard Spence
Starring Armand Assante
Elisabeth Shue
Robert Davi
Adam Baldwin
Music by Richard Gibbs
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers David Heyman
Neal H. Moritz
CinematographyJack Conroy
EditorCarroll Timothy O'Meara
Running time85 minutes
Production company Moritz-Heyman Productions
Original release
ReleaseJune 25, 1994 (1994-06-25)

Blind Justice is a 1994 American Western television film on HBO directed by Richard Spence and starring Armand Assante, Robert Davi, Elisabeth Shue, Adam Baldwin, and Jack Black. First Nations actor Jimmy Herman ( Dances with Wolves ) appears as a shaman. It was shot entirely in Arizona.

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Plot

Canaan, a mysterious gunfighter left nearly blind from Civil War combat, roams through Mexico with a baby he has sworn to protect. On his way to a town where a family will supposedly adopt the baby, Canaan passes through a border town where U.S. Cavalry officers assigned to deliver a shipment of silver are under attack from bandits. With some reluctance, Canaan steps in to help the soldiers.

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