Guilty By Suspicion

Drama, Suspense, Crime

Annette Bening	Ruth Merrill
Robert DeNiro
Martin Scorsese	Joe Lesser
Sam Wanamaker	Felix Graff
George Wendt	Bunny Baxter
Patricia Wettig	Dorothy Nolan
Robert De Niro	David Merrill
Luke Edwards	Paulie Merrill
Chris Cooper	Larry Nolan
Ben Piazza	Darryl Zanuck
Barry Primus	Bert Alan

Director	Irwin Winkler
Producer	Arnon Milchan; Nelson McCormick; Alan C. Blomquist
Writer	Irwin Winkler

David Merrill (Robert De Niro) is a popular and promising 1950’s film director in Hollywood. He takes a trip to France to make a new film, and when he returned his activity is questioned by Joseph McCarthy and the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He is barred from making films until he has been absolved of his crimes, and the act of filmmaking was the reason for the distance between himself and his wife (Annette Bening) and his young son. Initially, when called in by Ray Cohn, Merrill refuses to name Communists in Hollywood, but as his life is falling apart he finally agrees to “name names”. When it is his day to testify in the House, he finds their behavior immoral and refuses to single out his peers and find great morality in his decision.