Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Duration: 105 minuten
Alternative title: Verdacht Dus Schuldig
Country:
United States / France
Directed by: Irwin Winkler
Stars: Robert De Niro, Annette Bening and George Wendt
IMDb score:
6,6 (10.402)
Releasedate: 15 March 1991
Guilty by Suspicion plot
"All it took was a whisper"
Davis Merrell is a successful director, who has been working on film projects outside America for a few years. He returns when Senator McCarthy is conducting a witch hunt against communists in Hollywood, among other places. They are looking for traitors to capitalism, who themselves worship communism. When questioned by a negotiator, he doesn't tell him anything. As a result, he is blacklisted, so that he cannot work. He now faces the choice: not to declare work or members of a communist organization.
Actors and actresses
David Merrill
Ruth Merrill
Bunny Baxter
Dorothy Nolan
Felix Graff
Paulie Merrill
Larry Nolan
Darryl Zanuck
Joe Lesser
Bert Alan
Reviews & comments
scorsese
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- 13237 messages
- 11128 votes
A good film about a Hollywood director who is pressured to testify against his friends. A compelling piece of history about a dark chapter in Hollywood and its personal consequences for those involved. A strong cast (including a small role for Martin Scorsese), and the hearing delivers a powerful conclusion.
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Sergio Leone
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- 4431 messages
- 3112 votes
Mediocre.
A bit of a dullard, this film. Robert De Niro, like his co-stars, does a solid job in this solid film. Everything exudes solidity, but that, even here, is often synonymous with a somewhat duller film. A bit stiff at times, though the running time is still a fair distance from the two-hour mark (thankfully!). The film tells a dark chapter in Hollywood history, but it's quite caricatural. The final chord, for the committee, seems to momentarily forget all about civil rights and such. Just like children fighting.
2.5
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mjk87 (moderator films)
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- 14602 messages
- 4555 votes
An interesting and clearly presented story (although this isn't a true story, which is a shame), and it gives a good impression of life under McCarthyism. However, I also found the film rather flat and unremarkable. Even De Niro doesn't quite fit in, though he's generally still convincing. 3.0*
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