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.
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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
- Bill CobbsJudge Franklin
- Richard GantEverett Bennett
Recommendations
- 75
Miami Herald
The movie is full of holes, but there's never time to worry about them, and everyone's having too good a time ducking in and out of the subplots anyway. [23 Oct 1987, p.D5] - 70
Los Angeles Times
If plausibility isn't at the very top of your list of requirements in a courtroom thriller, and if dashingly assured performances are, you can have a cheerfully good time at Suspect. [22 Oct 1987, p.1] - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
Suspect is a well-made thriller, but it was spoiled for me by an extraordinary closing scene where Cher, as the defense attorney, solves the case with all of the logic of a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat. - 60
The New York Times
If Suspect amounts to less than the sum of its parts, those parts are often valuable on their own. - 50
Time Out
Suspect remains a routine Jagged Edge follow-up. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Despite some plausibility problems, the movie is well handled by director Peter Yates. There is no question that Suspect is capable of putting a lump in one's throat; the problem is that it's a little hard to swallow. - 50
Chicago Tribune
Suspect smothers in misapplied seriousness-it's the thriller as civics lesson. [23 Oct 1987, p.A] - 40
Washington Post
For the most part, this case, which includes a convenient last-minute taped confession and a lifeless Cher-Quaid romance, should have been thrown out of court.
