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1987 Certificate 15
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A Supreme Court judge takes his own life. A woman is found dead - victim of a grisly murder and a homeless Vietnam veteran stands accused. The Washington D.C. public defender and a lobbyist on the jury team up; a violation of the law - find out the real truth no matter the cost... or the danger... Read more

Starring Dennis Quaid, Cher, Liam Neeson, Joe Mantegna
Director Peter Yates
Genres Thriller

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Suspect

A Supreme Court judge takes his own life. A woman is found dead - victim of a grisly murder and a homeless Vietnam veteran stands accused. The Washington D.C. public defender and a lobbyist on the jury team up; a violation of the law - find out the real truth no matter the cost... or the danger...

Starring Dennis Quaid, Cher, Liam Neeson, Joe Mantegna, John Mahoney
Director Peter Yates
Studio UCA
Run time DVD: 1 hr 56 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Thriller
Language DVD: English
Dubbed French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Released DVD: 13 Oct 2003
Production year: 1987
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (3) of Suspect

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    An early Hollywood role for Liam Neeson, playing a deaf-mute Vietnam veteran accused of murder. Cher is his lawyer and Dennis Quaid the jury member who provides a glimmer of hope in a seemingly hopeless case. Director Peter Yates winds up the courtroom tension to some effect, but any sympathy for Neeson's predicament soon gets lost as suspicion shifts to a higher legal authority and the plot becomes too far-fetched.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Morality seems to be the issue in Yates' courtroom thriller, but issues remain at the level of character traits, and... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Cher is terrific in this film!

    This is a good legal thriller... Cher is wonderful as a put-upon public defender trying to represent homeless mute ex-Vietname vet, Liam Neeson, who is accused of murdering a clerk to a senior judge. John Mahoney (the dad from Frasier) is excellent as the judge who will not cut Cher any slack in the courtroom. The only slightly dud note is Dennis Quaid, who is good in his role as the enquiring juror, yet I found his romance with Cher to be a tad unbelievable. But no matter - this is a good story and a well-made film with great performances all round.

      • A customer from London
      • Posted 23 Feb 2004 11:24

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  • Rated - 5 stars

    A Good Performance from Liam Neeson

    Watched this movie a long time ago. Rented really for my other half.

    Excellent. Although I knew the killer was I was completely hooked.

    Good Stuff.

      • A customer from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
      • Posted 10 Jan 2007 18:57

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