Primal Fear (film)
 Primal Fear is a 1996 American neo-noir crime and thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Richard Gere Edward Norton and Laura Linney. The film tells the story of a defense attorney Martin Vail (Gere) who defends an altar boy Aaron Stampler (Norton) charged with the murder of a Catholic archbishop and his ensuing case against prosecutor Janet Venable (Linney). The movie is an adaptation of William Diehl's 1993 novel of the same name.