Presumed Innocent (1990)

Regisseur:

Alan J. Pakula

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Scott Turow (novel)
Frank Pierson (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

27. Juli 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Krimi | Drama | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Sometimes it's dangerous to presume.

Plot:

When the woman deputy prosecutor R.K. Sabich had an affair with is murdered the prosecutor asks him to lead the investigation. When Sabich digs too deeply he finds himself framed for the murder.

Plot Keywords:

Cover Up | Female Nudity | Tense | Adultery | Deliberate Cruelty

Filmpreise:

1 win & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Excellent legal drama

Besetzung

Harrison Ford	...	Rusty Sabich
Brian Dennehy	...	Raymond Horgan
Raul Julia	...	Sandy Stern
Bonnie Bedelia	...	Barbara Sabich
Paul Winfield	...	Judge Larren Lyttle
Greta Scacchi	...	Carolyn Polhemus
John Spencer	...	Det. Lipranzer
Joe Grifasi	...	Tommy Molto
Tom Mardirosian	...	Nico Della Guardia
Anna Maria Horsford	...	Eugenia
Sab Shimono	...	'Painless' Kumagai
Bradley Whitford	...	Jamie Kemp
Christine Estabrook	...	Lydia 'Mac' MacDougall
Michael Tolan	...	Mr. Polhemus
Madison Arnold	...	Sgt. Lionel Kenneally

Alternativ:

Aus Mangel an Beweisen (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

127 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

UK:18 (video rating) (uncut) | UK:15 (original rating) (cut) | South Korea:18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:11 | USA:R | Canada:A (Nova Scotia)

Drehorte:

Allendale, New Jersey, USA

Firma:

Mirage

Dies und das:

The ending was given away in an episode of "The Kids in the Hall" (1988).

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Rusty is dining with his wife and son in the restaurant he asks his son, who is holding a glass of milk, a question. His son answers immediately holding his knife and fork. It also happens the other way round when the son speaks to his father.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Rusty Sabich: [voiceover] I'm a prosecutor. I'm part of the business of accusing, judging and punishing. I explore the evidence of a crime and determine who is charged, who is brought to this room to be tried before his peers. I present my evidence to the jury and they deliberate upon it. They must determine what really happened. If they cannot, we will not know whether the accused deserves to be freed or should be punished. If they cannot find the truth, what is our hope of justice?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Asylum: (#1.4)" (1996)

Soundtrack:

Let The Drummer Loose

Excellent legal drama

Presumed Innocent presents a stiff challenge to its principal actors. Many of them must read their lines and convey body language that is ambiguous, suggesting both guilt or innocence and good or evil. The talented cast accomplishes this superbly. The story (based on a book of the same name which I haven't read) intelligently and knowledgeably examines the morality of the legal system and how it is compromised because of human fallibility. All in all, this was a very engrossing motion picture. Strongly recommended, 8/10.