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Presumed Innocent (1990)

★ 6.8 · 803 ratings on TMDB

Some people would kill for love

Presumed Innocent poster★ 6.8

Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.

DirectorAlan J. Pakula
CastAnna Maria Horsford, Bonnie Bedelia, Brian Dennehy, Greta Scacchi, Harrison Ford, Joe Grifasi
GenresCrime, Mystery, Thriller
The emergence reading

Presumed Innocent keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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