Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
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65% of critics liked it
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50% of users liked it
(3,356 ratings)
The directorial debut of producer Irwin Winkler, Guilty by Suspicion is a sobering account of one movie executive's woes in dealing with the political fallout from the McCarthy Era Hollywood blacklist. Robert De Niro stars as David Merrill, a film director in the 1950s whose obsession with his… More The directorial debut of producer Irwin Winkler, Guilty by Suspicion is a sobering account of one movie executive's woes in dealing with the political fallout from the McCarthy Era Hollywood blacklist. Robert De Niro stars as David Merrill, a film director in the 1950s whose obsession with his burgeoning career has estranged him from his wife Ruth (Annette Bening) and their son. When he returns from a trip to Paris, Merrill is surprised when told by his boss, Darryl F. Zanuck (Ben Piazza) that he's been summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, which is investigating Communist ties to Hollywood. Although Merrill once attended a meeting years before, he's not a Communist, and he refuses to help the committee wreck the career of his friend Bunny Baxter (George Wendt). Merrill becomes blacklisted, unable to find work even in menial positions or under assumed names as the editor of a B-movie or the director of a low-budget Western. Reconciled with his family, Merrill caves in and agrees to testify, but as he prepares to "name names," his conscience plagues him. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Irwin Winkler
- Written By
- Irwin Winkler
- Genres
- Drama
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1991 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Willie Waffle, WaffleMovies.com
Irwin Winkler brilliantly captures the madness that overtook Hollywood in the early 1950's
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Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Mesmo se tornando ocasionalmente maniqueísta em seu nobre propósito de denunciar os absurdos do McCarthismo, o filme cumpre seu objetivo de maneira eficaz e traz, como protagonista, um herói involuntário e falho - mas ainda assim herói.
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Surprisingly thoughtful account of the Red Scare. De Niro does some great work here.
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Cast
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Robert De Niro
as David Merrill
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Annette Bening
as Ruth Merrill
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George Wendt
as Bunny Baxter
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Patricia Wettig
as Dorothy Nolan
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Sam Wanamaker
as Felix Graff
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Luke Edwards
as Paulie Merrill
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Martin Scorsese
as Joe Lesser
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Chris Cooper
as Larry Nolan
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Ben Piazza
as Darryl Zanuck
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Barry Primus
as Bert Alan
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Gailard Sartain
as Chairman Wood
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Robin Gammell
as Sen. Tavenner
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Brad Sullivan
as Congressman Velde
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Tom Sizemore
as Ray Karlin
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Roxann Biggs
as Felicia Barron
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Stuart Margolin
as Abe Barron
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Barry Tubb
as Jerry Cooper
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Gene Kirkwood
as Gene Woods
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Margo Winkler
as Leta Rosen
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Allan Rich
as Leonard Marks
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Illeana Douglas
as Nan
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Jonathan Ames
as Cabbie
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Martin Arsenault
as Waiter
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Bill Bailey
as Fox Guard
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Adam Baldwin
as FBI Man
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Joe Bennett
as Choreographer
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Russell Bobbitt
as Propmaster
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Cecile Callan
as Wife Shopper
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Cindy Carey
as Party Guest
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Monica Carrico
as Nelly Lesser
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Robert Chimento
as A.D.
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Nicholas Cilic
as Matt Nolan
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Paul Collins
as Bernard
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Ivor Leslie Dilley
as 1st A.D.
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Ben Dinsdale
as Maurice
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John Horn
as Mike Rainey
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Maurice Marciano
as Costume Designer
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F.J. O'Neil
as Ad Agency Executive
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Kevin Page
as 2nd FBI Man
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Claude Rauvier
as Claude Rowan
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Dianne Reeves
as Singer
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Stephen Root
as RKO Guard
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Tom Rosqui
as Norman
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Al Ruscio
as Ben Saltman
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Joan Scott
as Teacher
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Craig Smith
as D.P.
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Jon Tenney
as Man Shopper
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Brant Van Hoffman
as Stanley
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Natalie Zimmerman
as Woman on Buckboard
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James Mathers
as Director
- Marion Dougherty
