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Presumed Innocent
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6.8Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.
Cast
- Harrison Ford as Rusty Sabich
- Brian Dennehy as Raymond Horgan
- Raúl Juliá as Sandy Stern
- Bonnie Bedelia as Barbara Sabich
- Paul Winfield as Judge Larren Lyttle
- Greta Scacchi as Carolyn Polhemus
Themes
- infidelity
- based on novel or book
- loss of loved one
- female lover
- investigation
- murder
- lawyer
- detroit, michigan
- courtroom
- courtroom drama
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
51,383 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
72/100
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Genres
- Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alan J. Pakula
- Screenplay by
- Frank Pierson Alan J. Pakula
- Based on
- Presumed Innocent , by Scott Turow
- Produced by
- Sydney Pollack Mark Rosenberg
- Starring
- Harrison Ford Brian Dennehy Raul Julia Bonnie Bedelia Paul Winfield Greta Scacchi
- Cinematography
- Gordon Willis
- Edited by
- Evan A. Lottman
- Music by
- John Williams
- Production company
- Mirage Enterprises
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release dates
- July 25, 1990 ( 1990-07-25 ) (Los Angeles) July 27, 1990 ( 1990-07-27 ) (North America)
- Running time
- 127 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $221 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 122
- FilmAffinity ID
- 190216
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- publication date
- 1990-12-13
- title
- Presumed Innocent
- box office
- 221300000
- review score
- 86%
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Presumed Innocent is a 1990 American legal thriller based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Scott Turow. Directed by Alan J. Pakula and written by Pakula and Frank Pierson, it stars Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raúl Juliá, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield and Greta Scacchi. The film follows Rusty Sabich (Ford), a prosecutor put on trial for the murder of his colleague and mistress Carolyn Polhemus (Scacchi).
Several studios and producers fought to secure the film rights one year before the novel was published. Producers Sydney Pollack and Mark Rosenberg acquired the rights in December 1986 and hired Pierson to write the script. After an unsuccessful pre-production development at United Artists, the project moved to Warner Bros. Pictures, and Pakula was brought in to rewrite the script with Pierson before signing on as the film's director in January 1989. Principal photography commenced in July 1989 and concluded in October of that year, with a budget of $20 million. Filming took place on locations in Detroit, Windsor, Ontario, and New Jersey, and on soundstages at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York.