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Suspect

Year:
Duration:
121 min
Genres:
Crime | Drama | Thriller
IMDB rate:
6.6
Director:
Peter Yates
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1987-10-23
Filming Locations: Magder Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $4,152,015 (USA) (25 October 1987)
Gross: $18,782,400 (USA) Filming Dates 28 February 1987 Related Links
Cast
Actor
Character
Cher
Kathleen Riley
Dennis Quaid
Eddie Sanger
Liam Neeson
Carl Wayne Anderson
John Mahoney
Judge Matthew Bishop Helms
Joe Mantegna
Charlie Stella
Philip Bosco
Paul Gray
E. Katherine Kerr
Grace Comisky
Fred Melamed
Morty Rosenthal
Lisbeth Bartlett
Marilyn
Paul D'Amato
Michael
Bernie McInerney
Walter
Thomas Barbour
Justice Lowell
Katie O'Hare
Elizabeth Quinn
Rosemary Knower
Justice Lowell's Secretary
Aaron Schwartz
Forensic Pathologist
Lloyd White
Detective
Myra Taylor
April
Bill Cobbs
Judge Franklin
Sam Gray
Judge Louis Weiss
Richard Gant
Everett Bennett
Sandi Ross
Doris / Video Typist
Paul De La Rosa
Helms' Court Clerk
Siona Dixon
Helms' Court Steno
Gene Mack
Helms' Court Marshal
Jim Walton
Helms' Court Marshal
Stefan Graham
Marvin Johnson
Robert Walsh
Club Congressman
Edwin M. Adams
Congressman
Michael Beach
Parking Lot Attendant
Prudence Barry
Bag Lady at River
Carl Jackson
Depot Derelict
Billy Williams
Dr. Alan Alpert
Tony Craig
Hotel Marshall
Sandra Bowe
Public Defender's Office Client
Frederick Strother
Public Defender's Office Client
Jaye Tyrone Stewart
Jailer
Paul Hjelmervik
Court Marshal
Ralph Cosham
Judge Assel Stewart
Wendy E. Taylor
Security Guard
R.R. Coleman
Arraignment Court Clerk
Djanet Sears
Message Clerk
Jack Jessop
Mr. Davis
Diane Marie L. Tomajczyk
Secretary
Richard Bertone
Clerk
Laura J. Dalton
Clerk
Ewart Everard Williams
Anthony Hall
Gregory McKinney
Plainclothes Cop
Michael Emmet
Waiter
Darryl Palmer
Assistant U.S. Attorney
David Lyle
Morty's Assistant
Tipper Burton
Policeman (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Debut film producing for producer Daniel A. Sherkow.
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Some movie posters featured a long blurb that read: "She's a lawyer who broke two laws of her profession . . . Never get involved with a juror and never look for clues in dangerous places".
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Dennis Quaid, portraying a character called Eddie Sanger, would later play another character with the same first name, Eddie Bichon in Something to Talk About (1995).
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Goofs
During a scene in court, the color of Kathleen's suit changes.
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When Kathleen writes "HELP ME" on the chalkboard it is roughly in the center of the board and written somewhat lightly. A few seconds later as the suspect is writing, the words "HELP ME" are now way over to the right, written much darker and is not in the same handwriting.
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When Kathleen first realizes Carl is deaf and hands him a pen to write with, as she hands it to him and we are facing her it is top downwards in her hand, in the reverse shot it is top upwards with the cap on, as Carl takes the pen it is top upwards with the cap off.
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Quotes
Michael: God is angry with the wicked! Why did you send the black devil for me?
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Kathleen Riley: I spend all of my day with murders and rapists, and what's really crazy, I like them.
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Parking Lot Attendant: [Kathleen has broken into Elizabeth Quinn's car to find evidence] Hey, lady, what do you think you're doing?
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Faq
Q
What did the judge have in his past that would prohibit him from getting a politcal appointment?
A
He was the federal prosecutor on a case in 1968. He accepted a bribe to help get the defendant off. If this became known, he would not be able to get the political appointment.
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