Conscientiously as this movie has been made, it does not work as well as the novel did or as some of Pakula's other films have.
Presumed Innocent
Some people would kill for love
1990 · 2h 7m · R
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Alan J. Pakula
Overview
Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.
Director and cast
- Alan J. Pakula Director
- Harrison Ford as Rozat "Rusty" Sabich
- Brian Dennehy as Raymond Horgan
- Raúl Juliá as Sandy Stern
- Bonnie Bedelia as Barbara Sabich
- John Spencer as Detective Lipranzer
- Paul Winfield as Judge Larren Lyttle
- Greta Scacchi as Carolyn Polhemus
- Joe Grifasi as Tommy Molto
- Tom Mardirosian as Nico Della Guardia
- Anna Maria Horsford Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Pakula and the cast are excellent in the cut and thrust debates and the grilling of witnesses. At least on the surface, Presumed Innocent unfolds in the grand tradition of great courtroom drama. But nothing in Presumed Innocent is what it seems.
Presumed Innocent is a stylish, dark-toned movie with handsome photography (by Gordon Willis) and solid performances.
A ponderous adaptation of Scott Turow's cunningly plotted mystery novel.
Intelligent, complex and enthralling.
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