Above Suspicion


2017

Brief Synopsis

The chilling true story of a newly married FBI poster-boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her means of escape; instead, it's a ticket to disaster for both o

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Crime
Thriller
Release Date
2017
Production Company
Ascot Elite Entertainment Group ; Cinemania Groupicon ; Eagle Films ; Gersh ; Gussi Films ; Myndform ; NOS Audiovisuals ; Pioneer ; Sierra/Affinity ; Ster-Kinekor ; Sundream Motion Pictures Ltd. (Smp) ; Tanweer Group ; United King Films
Location
Kentucky, USA

Synopsis

The chilling true story of a newly married FBI poster-boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her means of escape; instead, it's a ticket to disaster for both of them. This scandal shook the foundations of the nation's top law enforcement agency, ending in the first ever conviction of an FBI agent for murder.

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Crime
Thriller
Release Date
2017
Production Company
Ascot Elite Entertainment Group ; Cinemania Groupicon ; Eagle Films ; Gersh ; Gussi Films ; Myndform ; NOS Audiovisuals ; Pioneer ; Sierra/Affinity ; Ster-Kinekor ; Sundream Motion Pictures Ltd. (Smp) ; Tanweer Group ; United King Films
Location
Kentucky, USA

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Miscellaneous Notes

Based on the book "Above Suspicion" written by Joe Sharkey and published by Poseidon in November 1993.

Anne Hathaway was previously in talks to star.

Tobey Maguire was previously in talks to star.