Suspect

1987 · directed by Peter Yates

Rating

64/100

Hit

no

When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley is assigned to his case, she begins to believe that Anderson may actually be innocent. Juror Eddie Sanger, a Washington lobbyist, agrees, and together the pair begins their own investigation of events.

Suspect (1987), directed by Peter Yates, rates 64/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Cher
• Dennis Quaid
• Liam Neeson
• John Mahoney
• Joe Mantegna
• Philip Bosco
• E. Katherine Kerr
• Fred Melamed
• Bill Cobbs
• Richard Gant

Crew

• Billy Williams — Director of Photography
• Ray Lovejoy — Editor
• Michael Kamen — Original Music Composer
• Eric Roth — Screenplay

More from Peter Yates

1. The Dresser (1983) — 83/100 · hit
2. Breaking Away (1979) — 82/100 · hit
3. The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) — 80/100 · hit
4. Bullitt (1968) — 79/100
5. Robbery (1967) — 73/100
6. The Hot Rock (1972) — 70/100

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