Under Suspicion (2000)

A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. This will only take ten minutes, they say, but it turns out to be one ... See full summary »

Director:

Stephen Hopkins

Writers:

John Wainwright (book), Claude Miller

Stars:

Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Thomas Jane

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gene Hackman	...	Henry Hearst
Morgan Freeman	...	Captain Victor Benezet
Thomas Jane	...	Detective Felix Owens
Monica Bellucci	...	Chantal Hearst
Nydia Caro	...	Isabella
Miguel Ángel Suárez	...	Superintendent
Pablo Cunqueiro	...	Detective Castillo
Isabel Algaze	...	Camille Rodriguez
Jacqueline Duprey	...	Maria Rodriguez
Luis Caballero	...	Paco Rodriguez
Patricia Beato	...	Darlita
Sahyly Esponda	...	Reina (as Sahyly Yamile)
Hector Travieso	...	Peter
Marisol Calero	...	Sergeant Arias
Vanessa Shenk	...	Sue Ellen Huddy

Storyline

A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. This will only take ten minutes, they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer...

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Plot Keywords:

sex scene | pedophile | female frontal nudity | police | breasts | 

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Taglines:

Everyone has secrets. Some of them are crimes.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content and language

Details

Official Sites:

Revelations Entertainment, LLC

Country:

France USA

Language:

English Italian Spanish

Release Date:

15 November 2000 (France)

Also Known As:

Third Degree

Filming Locations:

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$109,863, 24 September 2000, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$258,691, 22 October 2000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Revelations Entertainment,TF1 International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min 111 min (TV)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The pictures behind the desk, when Morgan Freeman interrogated Gene Hackman, was the actual Governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Rossello, and the other pictures was the Superintendent of the Police, Pedro Toledo.

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Goofs

There is one scene, a flashback, where it shows Henry jogging around a breakwater, or rock walkway, with the neighbors dog. Here you will see the dog clearly on a leash. This is the only scene where the dog is on a leash otherwise the dog has always been seen running free.

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Quotes

Captain Victor Benezet: Go home. Put on a funny hat. Do whatever it is morons do.

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Connections

Version of Garde à vue (1981)

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Soundtracks

Jingle Bells
(1857)
Traditional
Written by James Pierpont (uncredited)
Arranged by George Acogny
Performed by Darryl Phinnessee

User Reviews

A potential spellbinder and one of Hackman's best performances

Most of this dialogue-intensive film takes place in an office in a Puerto Rican Police Department with a top detective (Freeman) grilling a wealthy attorney (Hackman) about the rape/murders of young girls. Featuring outstanding performances by both principals and technical and artistic excellence, the film's story unfolds piecemeal as it scrutinizes the Hackman character with painful deliberation while holding out the "whodunnit" carrot until the very end. More mature audiences with an appetite for this type of film are likely to find "Under Suspicion" a spellbinding tour de force by Hackman.