When rookie Harvard law student Hart he finds himself face to face with the notorious Professor Kingsfield. Determined to succeed, Hart employees help from his fellow classmates and quickly becomes head of the class and esteemed in the eyes of Kingsfield; that is, until Kingsfield catches wind that his protégé has been seeing his daughter. With the pressure on both in and out of the class room can Hart perform under the scrupulous eye of Kingsfield as a good Harvard law student should?

The cast includes: Timothy Bottoms, John Houseman, Linsday Wagner, James Naughton, Graham Beckel, Edward Herrmann, and Lenny Baker.

Directed by: James Bridges.