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

In the bank scene, one of the tellers is listed as Schuyler Grimsman. Schuyler is the Art Department Coordinator for the movie.

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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 Unsolved Mysteries (1988)

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Soundtracks

Life's A Bitch
Written by Scott Roby and Tony Leone
Performed by 21st Centure Goliath
Produced by Eddie Caldwell (uncredited)
Courtesy of Music of the Sea, Inc.

User Reviews

Emilia Clarke has proved she really got talent in a versatile way

For the movie itself, it's just okay. The only shine in it is Emilia Clarke, who has miraculously changed her British accent to a Kentucky lowlife woman's twirling accent. It's not an easy to change the British accent to an American southern one, at least James Stewart or Matthew McConaughey could never did it. Her transformation in this movie is not just her accent, but her whole image has also completely adapted into a souther dame. It proved that she was a serious actor who could really put her heart into whatever the role she played.

But sadly, this movie is not good enough, the screenplay was lame, all the other supporting actors, some were wrong cast, some of them were not given the chance to do well since the screenplay was so lame and poorly crafted. This is not an interesting or inspiring enough movie. The plot and scenario of the story were all too one-directional predictable and boring.

But besides all the naysay here, I am very glad that Emilia Clarke has proved herself as a very talented actor.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 July 2019 (Lebanon)

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