Suspect

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Suspect is a 1987 American legal thriller film starring Cher and Dennis Quaid that follows a public defender and a juror who secretly team up to investigate a murder case.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
legal thriller film
cinematographyBy Billy Williams
countryOfOrigin United States
director Peter Yates
distributedBy Tri-Star Pictures
distributorRegion United States theatrical release
editedBy Ray Lovejoy
featuresCharacterOccupation homeless veteran
juror
public defender
filmingStyle live-action
genre crime drama
legal thriller
hasTheme judicial ethics
jury misconduct
wrongful accusation
leadActorPlays Cher as Kathleen Riley
Dennis Quaid as Eddie Sanger
Liam Neeson as Carl Wayne Anderson
mainCharacter Carl Wayne Anderson
Eddie Sanger
Kathleen Riley
medium theatrical film
mpaaRating R
musicBy Michael Kamen
narrativeFocus investigation of a politically sensitive murder case
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A public defender and a juror secretly collaborate to investigate a murder case involving a homeless veteran accused of killing a Justice Department file clerk.
portrays public defender investigating a murder case
producer Daniel A. Sherkow
Jerry Weintraub
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDecade 1980s American films
releaseYear 1987
runtimeMinutes 121
screenwriter Eric Roth
Zoe Heller
linked to: Zoë Heller
settingLocation Washington, D.C.
starring Cher
Dennis Quaid
Joe Mantegna
John Mahoney
Liam Neeson
Philip Bosco
storyBy Peter Stone
title Suspect

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Peter Yates directed Suspect
It Was Written hasPart Suspect
Dave Lebling notableWork Suspect
Scott Turow notableWork Suspect