Suspect

Suspect (1987)

  • 69% of critics liked it
    (16 reviews)

  • 56% of users liked it
    (6,594 ratings)

British filmmaker Peter Yates directs Suspect, a suspenseful courtroom drama set in Washington, D.C. After a Supreme Court justice commits suicide and a Justice Department secretary is found dead, a deaf-mute homeless veteran, Carl Wayne Anderson (Liam Neeson), is the suspected killer. Lonely yet… More

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Genres
Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Oct 23, 1987 Wide
On DVD
May 8, 2001
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    The implausible screenplay makes Suspect a very mediocre movie.

  • James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette

    Highly entertaining mystery, with some real sexual tension between Cher and Quaid

  • Blake Davis, KFOR Channel 4 News

    A fantastic courtroom thriller from the 80's with a fine performance by Cher. Deserves to be a classic of the genre.

  • Clint Morris, Moviehole

    Exceptionally performed and delicately plotted

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bruce B


    Ahh a film from 1987 when Cher was looking go without any Nip and Tuck, and gas was 87 cents a gallon, sign seen in background. Funny and hard to imagine a time without cell phones where if you wanted to make a call you had to use a pay phone. Early in Liam Neeson career to see him as… More

  • AJ V


    I saw this on TV some time ago, I barely remember it, but I remember that it was a good courtroom drama and thriller, with a good cast. It's good.

  • ♥˩ƳИИ &


    Cast: Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney, Joe Mantegna, Fred Melamed, Philip Bosco, Michael Beach, Bill Cobbs Director: Peter Yates Summary: When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson (Liam… More

  • xGary X


    Silly and routinely unbelievable courtroom thriller, typical of the 80s. Not terrible by any means, but there's nothing here that hasn't been done a hundred times before, and better.

  • ashley h


    Decent plot and movie, but it needed some severe editing for time and pacing. Cher was miscast

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