Under Suspicion (2000)
Directed by Stephen Hopkins

Crime / Drama / Thriller

Film Synopsis

In Puerto Rico during the Winter Festival, whilst a fierce storm is raging over the island, the wealthy lawyer Hearst is holding a charity gala when he is summoned by the police chief Victor Beneze.  Hearst is questioned about the discovery of the body of a young girl who has been raped and murdered.  Despite his evident sang froid, Hearst begins increasingly to look like the murderer.  Then his young wife Chantal appears...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Stephen Hopkins
  • Script: John Wainwright (book), Claude Miller, Jean Herman, Michel Audiard, Tom Provost, W. Peter Iliff
  • Cinematographer: Peter Levy
  • Music: BT
  • Cast: 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 Yamile (Reina), Hector Travieso (Peter), Marisol Calero (Sergeant Arias), Vanessa Shenk (Sue Ellen Huddy), Gelian Cotto (Paulina Valera), Myron Herrick (Mr. Ricardi), Vanesa Millán (Wife 1), Zina Ponder Pistor (Wife 2), Willie Denton (Ben)
  • Country: France / USA
  • Language: English / Italian / Spanish
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 110 min

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