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Suspect
From ML Delphi Premier Productions · TriStar Pictures
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.
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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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Directed by Peter Yates
CherKathleen Riley
Dennis QuaidEddie Sanger
Liam NeesonCarl Wayne Anderson
John MahoneyJudge Matthew Bishop Helms
Joe MantegnaCharlie Stella
Philip BoscoPaul Gray
E. Katherine KerrGrace Comisky
Fred MelamedMorty Rosenthal
Bill CobbsJudge Franklin
Richard GantEverett BennettLisbeth BartlettMarilyn
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John ChardMay 5, 2019
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… Read more
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
JPV852Apr 14, 2026
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**