Suspect poster
Screenplay Eric Roth
Director Peter Yates

Suspect

Tagline: 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.

Release Date: 1987-10-23

Duration: 121 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Liam Neeson
    Carl Wayne Anderson
  • Dennis Quaid
    Eddie Sanger
  • Fred Melamed
    Morty Rosenthal
  • Michael Beach
    Parking Lot Attendant
  • Joe Mantegna
    Charlie Stella
  • Bill Cobbs
    Judge Franklin
  • Philip Bosco
    Paul Gray
  • Richard Gant
    Everett Bennett
  • John Mahoney
    Judge Matthew Bishop Helms
  • Cher
    Kathleen Riley