Guilty by Suspicion

Guilty by Suspicion

Infobox Film
name = Guilty by Suspicion


image_size = 200px
caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director = Irwin Winkler
producer = Steven Reuther
Alan C. Blomquist
Nelson McCormick
Arnon Milchan
writer = Irwin Winkler
starring = Robert De Niro
Annette Bening
George Wendt
Sam Wanamaker
Martin Scorsese
music = James Newton Howard
cinematography = Michael Ballhaus
editing = Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
released = flagicon|US March 15, 1991
flagicon|France May 17
flagicon|Germany August 15
flagicon|Netherlands November 8
flagicon|Sweden December 20
flagicon|Finland July 3, 1992
flagicon|Spain April 7, 1993
runtime = 105 min.
country = U.S.A./France
language = English
amg_id = 1:21078
imdb_id = 0101984

"Guilty by Suspicion" is a 1991 film about the Hollywood blacklist and associated activities stemming from McCarthyism and the House Un-American Activities Committee. It starred Robert De Niro, Annette Bening, and George Wendt.

In many high school curricula, it is paired with Arthur Miller's "The Crucible", as the two works have many similarities in theme and message.

Plot summary

David Merrill (De Niro), a fictitious director in 1950s Hollywood, returns from abroad to find that a rising tide of McCarthyism and the Red Scare has led to his not being allowed to work in films, despite his love for this career. He will only be allowed to direct once he implicates colleagues as Communist agents. He must decide whether to direct, or to stick to principle at the cost of his life's work.

Notes

*Sam Wanamaker, who plays an attorney here, was a real-life victim of the Hollywood blacklist.
*Martin Scorsese, who has directed De Niro in several films, here plays the role of a Hollywood film director who flees to Europe to escape HUAC persecution.


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