Barbra Streisand plays a high-priced call girl, who is arrested for manslaughter. The crux of the plot is that her parents hire an expensive attorney to avoid a trial (and the accompanying public exposure of her profession) by having her declared mentally unfit to stand trial. Streisand's character doesn't help herself much by behaving oddly, and occasionally violently. The film is chock full of recognizable actors, who all turn in good performances. I'm not always a fan of Richard Dreyfuss, but he does shine in this one. Also, Leslie Nielsen, who was beginning his transformation into a comedic actor around this time, was very creepy and menacing as the "victim" of the homicide. It was, to me, reminiscent of his role in Creepshow. Overall, the film is pretty good, with good acting, good photography, and unobtrusive direction.
