Some people would kill for love
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.
Harrison Ford Brian Dennehy Raúl Juliá Bonnie Bedelia Paul Winfield Greta Scacchi John Spencer Joe Grifasi Tom Mardirosian Anna Maria Horsford Sab Shimono Bradley Whitford Christine Estabrook Michael Tolan Madison Arnold Ron Frazier Jesse Bradford Joseph Mazzello Tucker Smallwood Leland Gantt Teodorina Bello David Wohl John M. Bennett Bo Rucker Peter Appel John Ottavino Robert Katims Joseph Carberry John Seitz Bill Winkler John C. Vennema Michael Genet Richard L. Newcomb Ed Wheeler Miles Watson DeAnn Mears Julia Meade Thom Cagle Ricky Rosa Allison Field Janis Corsair Bill Corsair Carla Barnett Rick De Furia Victor Truro Elizabeth Williams Jeffrey Wright Ted Neustadt Kimberleigh Aarn David Hummel Anibal O. Lleras Nick Pernice John Reidy Sheri Mann Stewart Billy Marshall Thompson
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