Attorney Mel Dawson — Blue Steel Character Profile

About Attorney Mel Dawson

Eugene Hunt's defense attorney. He utilizes legal technicalities to secure Hunt's release and actively obstructs Turner's attempts to apprehend him, serving as a bureaucratic antagonist.

Character Facts

Played by

Richard Jenkins

Appears in

Blue Steel (1990)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Blue Steel

• Officer Megan Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis)
• Eugene Hunt (Ron Silver)
• Detective Nick Mann (Clancy Brown)
• Tracy Perez (Elizabeth Peña)
• Instructor (Skipp Lynch)
• Shirley Turner (Louise Fletcher)
• Wool Cap (Tom Sizemore)
• Superintendent (Mike Starr)
• Frank Turner (Philip Bosco)
• Howard (Matt Craven)
• Asst. Chief Stanley Hoyt (Kevin Dunn)
• Officer Jeff Travers (Chris Walker)