Guilty by Suspicion

1991PG101 min6.5/10

An "A-list" director is asked to testify against friends suspected of being communists.

This powerful directorial and screenwriting debut of veteran producer Irwin Winkler vividly recreates the creative community's infamous "Blacklist Era." Robert De Niro plays Merrill, as an "A-list" director who can revive his stalled career by testifying against friends who are suspected communists. And Annette Benning is Merrill's ex-wife, sharing the whirlpool of scandal that draws the together... as his chance to ever make movies again slips further away.