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Presumed Innocent (1990)
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Rusty Sabich (
Harrison Ford
) is a bland, oppressed man who burns with a quiet, corrosive intensity that can flare uncontrollably. A Philadelphia prosecutor, Sabich's fire seems to have one outlet: his job. He loves prosecuting people. Otherwise, his life is dead-ended. He has a loveless marriage to a neurotic woman (
Bonnie Bedelia
) and an overbearing boss (
Brian Dennehy
) in a labyrinthine law enforcement world of corruption and twisted relationships. Then Carolyn Polhemus (
Greta Scacchi
) comes into his life. Lovely and seductive, Polhemus easily entices him to break his marital vows, but she schemes to get him to try for his boss' job. When he refuses, she leaves him. When she turns up dead, the victim of an apparent rape-murder, clues begin to point to Sabich. His blood type almost perfectly matches that in the semen found in the victim, carpet fibers at the crime scene match those found in his house, and most damning, his fingerprints are found on a beer glass in Polhemus' apartment. His protestations of innocence ignored, Sabich is put on trial for the murder and hires his biggest adversary (
Raul Julia
) to defend him. ~ Nick Sambides, Jr., All Movie Guide
Cast
Bonnie Bedelia
Barbara Sabich
Jesse Bradford
Nat Sabich
Brian Dennehy
Raymond Horgan
Harrison Ford
Rusty Sabich
Joe Grifasi
Tommy Molto
Raul Julia
Sandy Stern
Greta Scacchi
Carolyn Polhemus
Sab Shimono
"Painless" Kumagai
John Spencer
Detective Lipranzer
Paul Winfield
Judge Larren Lyttle
Production Crew
Bob Guerra
Art Director
Scott Turow
Book Author
Gordon Willis
Cinematographer
Mark Rosenberg
Co-producer
Sydney Pollack
Co-producer
John Williams
Composer (Music Score)
William N. Fordes
Consultant/advisor
John Boxer
Costume Designer
Alan J. Pakula
Director
Evan Lottman
Editor
Susan Solt
Executive Producer
Fern Buchner
Makeup
George Jenkins
Production Designer
Alan J. Pakula
Screenwriter
Frank Pierson
Screenwriter
Carol Joffe
Set Designer
Richard Wolf
Songwriter
C5, Inc.
Special Effects
Year: 1990
Runtime: 127
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
Category: Feature
Genre
Mystery
Thriller
Produced by
Mirage
Warner Brothers
Release
July 27, 1990 (USA)
by Warner Brothers
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