"Some people would kill for love"

1990

2h 7m

6.8(741 votes)

Mystery

Crime

Thriller

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

54 members

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Harrison Ford

Rusty Sabich

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Brian Dennehy

Raymond Horgan

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Raúl Juliá

Sandy Stern

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Bonnie Bedelia

Barbara Sabich

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Paul Winfield

Judge Larren Lyttle

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Greta Scacchi

Carolyn Polhemus

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John Spencer

Detective Dan Lipranzer

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Joe Grifasi

Tommy Molto

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Tom Mardirosian

Nico Della Guardia

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Anna Maria Horsford

Eugenia

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Sab Shimono

'Painless' Kumagai

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Bradley Whitford

Jamie Kemp

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Christine Estabrook

Lydia 'Mac' MacDougall

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Michael Tolan

Mr. Polhemus

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Madison Arnold

Sergeant Lionel Kenneally

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Ron Frazier

Stew Dubinsky

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Jesse Bradford

Nat Sabich

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Joseph Mazzello

Wendell McGaffney

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Tucker Smallwood

Detective Harold Greer

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Leland Gantt

Leon Wells

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Teodorina Bello

Ernestine

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David Wohl

Morrie Dickerman

Production

John M. Bennett

Guerasch

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Bo Rucker

Mike Duke

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Peter Appel

Glendenning

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John Ottavino

Chet

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Robert Katims

Cody

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Joseph Carberry

Mr. McGaffney

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John Seitz

Louis Balestrieri

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Bill Winkler

Tom

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John C. Vennema

Judge Mumphrey

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Michael Genet

Court Clerk

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Richard L. Newcomb

Undercover Cop

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Ed Wheeler

Arresting Detective Jim

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Miles Watson

Arresting Detective #2

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DeAnn Mears

Loretta

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Julia Meade

Moderator

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Thom Cagle

Camp Counselor

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Ricky Rosa

Camper

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Allison Field

Reporter #1

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Janis Corsair

Reporter #2

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Bill Corsair

Reporter #3

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Carla Barnett

Reporter #4

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Rick De Furia

Prosecuting Attorney

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Victor Truro

Prosecuting Attorney

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Elizabeth Williams

Prosecuting Attorney

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Jeffrey Wright

Prosecuting Attorney

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Ted Neustadt

Prosecuting Attorney

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Kimberleigh Aarn

Prosecuting Attorney

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David Hummel

Police Officer (uncredited)

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Anibal O. Lleras

Arrested Convict (uncredited)

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Nick Pernice

Reporter (uncredited)

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John Reidy

Police Officer (uncredited)

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Sheri Mann Stewart

Reporter (uncredited)

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