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Above Suspicion (1995)

Above Suspicion poster
Directed by
Steven Schachter
Genre
thriller, crime film, drama fiction
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 48 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A paralyzed police officer schemes to kill his wife. The film follows his tense and calculated plot.

tensesuspensefuldarkdeliberatecoldgrittymethodical

What happens

Above Suspicion is a 1995 American made-for-television crime thriller film directed by Steven Schachter, and starring Christopher Reeve, Joe Mantegna and Kim Cattrall. The screenplay was written by William H. Macy, who also has a small role in the film. It premiered on HBO on May 21, 1995. In the film, Reeve plays a paralyzed cop who plots to murder his wife. On May 27, 1995, 6 days after the film's release, Reeve himself was paralyzed from the shoulders down after suffering a spinal cord injury in a horse riding accident. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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