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Suspect

  • 1987
  • TMDB 6.6/10
  • 2h 1m

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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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.

Cast

  • 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

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