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Suspect

Suspect

6,6 /10 (254 Votes)
1987 EN 121 min

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.

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Release date

23/10/1987

Votes

254

Popularity

2.7

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.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

121 min

Revenue

$18,782,400

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John Chard

John Chard

2019-05-05

⭐ 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…

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JPV852

JPV852

2026-04-14

⭐ 6

Well directed legal thriller from Peter Yates is quite convoluted and a weak romantic element but still entertaining with Cher and Dennis Quaid putting in decent performances. **3.0/5**

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