CrimeDramaThriller

Suspect

- 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.

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.

Release Date : 1987-10-23

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : ML Delphi Premier ProductionsTriStar Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Kathleen Riley

Original Name : Cher

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eddie Sanger

Original Name : Dennis Quaid

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carl Wayne Anderson

Original Name : Liam Neeson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge Matthew Bishop Helms

Original Name : John Mahoney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlie Stella

Original Name : Joe Mantegna

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul Gray

Original Name : Philip Bosco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grace Comisky

Original Name : E. Katherine Kerr

Gender : Female

Character Name : Morty Rosenthal

Original Name : Fred Melamed

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge Franklin

Original Name : Bill Cobbs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Everett Bennett

Original Name : Richard Gant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marilyn

Original Name : Lisbeth Bartlett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Parking Lot Attendant

Original Name : Michael Beach

Gender : Male

Character Name : Michael

Original Name : Paul D'Amato

Gender : Male

Character Name : Plainclothes Cop

Original Name : Gregory McKinney

Gender : Male

Character Name : April

Original Name : Myra Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Club Congressman

Original Name : Robert V. Walsh

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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