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Presumed Innocent (1990)

| Mystery, Thriller | 27 July 1990 (USA)
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Carolyn Polhemus, an up-and-comer in the Kindle County D.A.'s Office, is found viciously murdered in her home. Immediately her boss, D.A. Raymond Horgan and his chief deputy, Rusty Sabich ... See full summary »

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Judge Larren Lyttle
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Carolyn Polhemus
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Det. Lipranzer
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Nico Della Guardia
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Eugenia
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'Painless' Kumagai
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Jamie Kemp
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Lydia 'Mac' MacDougall
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Mr. Polhemus
Madison Arnold ...
Sgt. Lionel Kenneally
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Carolyn Polhemus, an up-and-comer in the Kindle County D.A.'s Office, is found viciously murdered in her home. Immediately her boss, D.A. Raymond Horgan and his chief deputy, Rusty Sabich start an investigation. Horgan, however, is in the middle of a campaign to keep his job, which he ultimately loses to former subordinate Nico Della Guardia. Della Guardia and his new deputy, Tommy Molto, decide to prosecute Sabich for Carolyn's murder when it is revealed that Sabich was a former lover of Polhemus. Horgan also turns against his former subordinate, and Rusty soon realizes he has few friends left - except for Sandy Stern, whom he has often faced on the other side of the courtroom, and who will become his new defense lawyer when he is put on trial for murder. Investigation by Stern and his team leads them to think that Rusty was framed for murder - by Molto, who wanted Sabich's job and was trying to punish him for backing Horgan. Is Rusty Sabich innocent...or is he a murderer? Written by Derek O'Cain

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adultery | neo noir | murder | courtroom | prosecutor | See All (132) »

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Attraction. Desire. Deception. Murder. No one is ever completely innocent. See more »

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Mystery | Thriller

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Aus Mangel an Beweisen  »

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Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

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$86,303,188 (USA)
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Trivia

A house used for the interior and exterior settings for the Sabich residence is located in Allendale, New Jersey. See more »

Goofs

On several occasions, Rusty Sabich refers to his boss, Raymond Horgan, as Raymond Horrigan. See more »

Quotes

[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?
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Soundtracks

Let The Drummer Loose
Written by Richard Wolf, Bret Mazur and Y.C. Smith
Produced by Richard Wolf and Bret Mazur
Performed by Y.C Smith
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How was Carolyn murdered?
Q: How does the movie end?
Q: What is the significance of the note that Rusty burns at the beginning of the movie?
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Overplotted and stagy, but fairly compelling.
18 May 2001 | by – See all my reviews

When I had watched this film a few years ago for the first time, my overall impression was highly negative; I found it to be a boring, stagy courtroom thriller unworthy of its great cast. Now that I watched it again, more attentively, I STILL find Pakula's direction overly stagy, but some virtues do begin to show up. Undoubtedly, the casting is the main one: the movie is filled with terrific supporting performances, from Raul Julia as an incredibly clever counselor to Bonnie Bedelia as the frustrated wife. Harrison Ford himself is very good (although with a bad haircut) in one of his unconventional roles. But the movie has too many plot threads, some of which could have easily been omitted to make the whole story shorter and more tense. (**1/2)

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