Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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 | ... | Detective Dan 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 | ... | Sergeant Lionel Kenneally |
Rozat Sabich - Rusty to most that know him, even in formal circumstances - is the Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Kindle County, Illinois. His wife, Barbara Sabich, has been struggling with focus on completing her Ph.D. dissertation in Mathemetics - a thus far ten year process - she who nonetheless is applying for a college teaching position. They are generally in a loving, supportive marriage, Barbara who seems to have gotten over Rusty's infidelity with his colleague Carolyn Polhemus, an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney. Carolyn is ambitious, she who, in part, used Rusty to try and climb up the ladder. Barbara will still throw the issue of Carolyn in his face whenever there are problems between the two. Rusty and Carolyn's affair is unknown to others in their personal and professional circles. Rusty is handed the most personal case of his career when his boss and mentor, Chief Prosecuting Attorney Raymond Horgan, assigns him the case to discover who killed Carolyn, her dead body... Written by Huggo
Since it's Harrison Ford on trial for the murder of his coworker/mistress, and most everyone loves Harrison Ford, you want to believe he's innocent. But that belief is never a sure thing in "Presumed Innocent": a gripping, suspenseful whodunit that keeps you guessing mercilessly. All the leads here are right on target, especially Ford as the mumbling, elusive murder defendant. Most importantly, all the main players are ambiguous in one way or another, and while I certainly will not give away the ending (which is a beauty, I promise you) keep that in mind as you watch. Can you trust anyone??
The final scene was shocking and thought-provoking. And I couldn't help but think of the title, "Presumed Innocent." Naturally.