Presumed Innocent (1990)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Rozat K. "Rusty" Sabich	Harrison Ford
Raymond Horgan	Brian Dennehy
Alejandro "Sandy" Stern	Raul Julia
Barbara Sabich	Bonnie Bedelia	½
Judge Larren L. Lyttle	Paul Winfield	½
Carolyn Polhemus	Greta Scacchi	-
Det. Dan Lipranzer	John Spencer
Tommy Molto	Joe Grifasi	-
Nico Della Guardia	Tom Mardirosian	-
Eugenia	Anna Maria Horsford	-
Quentin "Jamie" Kemp	Bradley Whitford	-
Nat Sabich	Jesse Bradford	-
Wendell McGaffen	Joseph Mazzello	-
Prosecuting Attorney	Jeffrey Wright	-

Review

Prosecutor Harrison Ford is charged with murdering his colleague and lover (Greta Scacchi), a femme fatale who is believed to be after the position as the new District Attorney. With the odds against him, he hires top defence attorney Sandy Stern (Raul Julia) to help him out of the mire. This seemingly intricate and suspenseful courtroom thriller from Alan J. Pakula (All the President's Men, Sophie's Choice) has not stood the test of time very well. The wiring under the board becomes a bit too clear with modern, experienced eyes, and Pakula's cast of secretive characters are too genre-bound to keep us pinned. The exception is Julia, who steals his one scene as Ford's cocksure attorney. Bonnie Bedelia also does well with what she has to work with in a part which is ultimately quite unthankful. The often wooden Ford this time tries so hard to be humanlike that he actually sheds a tear or two.