Suspect

10/23/19872h 1m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ She's a lawyer who broke two laws of her profession... Never get involved with a juror and don't look for clues in dangerous places. ~

Overview:

When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley is assigned to his case, she begins to believe that Anderson may actually be innocent. Juror Eddie Sanger, a Washington lobbyist, agrees, and together the pair begins their own investigation of events.

Director:

Peter Yates

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$18,782,400.00

Key words:

right and justice
government
jurors
lawyer
courtroom

Cast

Cher

~ as ~

Kathleen Riley

Dennis Quaid

~ as ~

Eddie Sanger

Liam Neeson

~ as ~

Carl Wayne Anderson

John Mahoney

~ as ~

Judge Matthew Bishop Helms

Joe Mantegna

~ as ~

Charlie Stella

Philip Bosco

~ as ~

Paul Gray

E. Katherine Kerr

~ as ~

Grace Comisky

Fred Melamed

~ as ~

Morty Rosenthal

Bill Cobbs

~ as ~

Judge Franklin

Richard Gant

~ as ~

Everett Bennett

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 6 year(s) ago
7
The innocent shall know the glory of heaven!

Peter Yates directs and Eric Roth writes the screenplay. It stars Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney and Joe Mantegna. Music is by Michael Kamen and cinematography by Billy Williams. Pot has Cher as a public defender tasked with defending a deaf and mute homeless man accused of murder.

It's a solid legal eagle thriller is this, it opens with a dramatic suicide and the discovery of a woman's dead body, and then runs through many of the staples of feature film courtroom shenanigans. There's some spice thrown in for good measure as the lawyer and a member of the jury get too close for comfort, while the central premise of a deaf and mute person being the accused makes for fascinating viewing - the makers obviously having a social awareness of the issue.

As the mystery to be solved question holds the attention, pic does descend into the realm of the far fetched with the behaviour of Cher and Quaid's characters. It's also not something of a shock once the big reveal arrives. Yet this has enough savvy performances, nice technical touches (William's cinematography sparkles at times) and a strong pot boiling premise, to make it well worth the time invested with it. 7/10