Above Suspicion (2019)

The story that lead to the first conviction for murder of an FBI agent.

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Writers:

Chris Gerolmo (screenplay by), Joe Sharkey (based on the book by)

Stars:

Emilia Clarke, Jack Huston, Sophie Lowe

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Emilia Clarke	...	Susan Smith
Jack Huston	...	Mark
Sophie Lowe	...	Kathy Putnam
Johnny Knoxville	...	Cash
Austin Hébert	...	Randy McCoy
Thora Birch	...	Jolene
Karl Glusman	...	Joe-Bea
Kevin Dunn	...	Bob Singer
Brian Lee Franklin	...	Rufus
Omar Benson Miller	...	Denver Rhodes
Chris Mulkey	...	Todd Eason
Brittany O'Grady	...	Georgia Beale
Luke Spencer Roberts	...	Bones
Lex Kelli	...	Susan's Daughter
Landon Durrence	...	Susan's Son / Isom Smith (as Landon Elijah Durrence)

Storyline

The chilling true story of a newly married F.B.I. poster boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her means of escape; instead, it's a ticket to disaster for both of them. This scandal shook the foundations of the nation's top law enforcement agency, ending in the first ever conviction of an F.B.I. Agent for murder.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | 

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Genres:

Action | Biography | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content and drug use throughout, language and some strong violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Parts of this movie were filmed in Harlan and Paris, Kentucky. This is not the first movie to have parts filmed here, Seabiscuit (2003) and Secretariat (2010) had parts of their movie filmed in Paris.

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Goofs

Polygraphs are not used in confessions. Confessions are verbal, then written. If the FBI do use a polygraph they don't have the subject telling a story. There's two responses during a polygraph, and those are "Yes", or "No", nothing more.

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Connections

Features The All-New Dating Game (1986)

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Soundtracks

My Faith Looks Up Thee
Written by Traditional
Performed by Alexander McCabe (uncredited)

User Reviews

Sometimes true stories don't make good movies!

Cons - true stories don't make for good movies a lot of the time and this is a prime example!

Yes it is a sad story but not enough substance to make a good movie I in fact I found it boring .

Pros- Emilia Clarke I was amazed by her command of a Kentucky accent she put in a superb performance in what was a very mediocre film and if not for her performance I would not have bothered to watch the film to the end as the content was not worthy.

So 5stars is for her and 0 for the film.

Details

Country:

USA Mongolia

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 November 2020 (Mongolia)

Also Known As:

Above Suspicion

Filming Locations:

Berry, Kentucky, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$21,712

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sierra / Affinity, Colleen Camp Productions, White Knight

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1