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Above Suspicion is a 2019 American crime thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce, from a screenplay by Chris Gerolmo, based upon Joe Sharkey's non-fiction book of the same name revolving around the murder of Susan Smith. It stars Emilia Clarke, Jack Huston, Sophie Lowe, Austin Hébert, Karl Glusman, Chris Mulkey, Omar Miller, Kevin Dunn, Thora Birch and Johnny Knoxville.

Above Suspicion
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Directed by	Phillip Noyce
Screenplay by	Chris Gerolmo
Based on	Above Suspicion by Joe Sharkey
Produced by	Amy Adelson Mohamed AlRafi Angela Amato Velez Colleen Camp Tim Degraye
Starring	Jack Huston Emilia Clarke Sophie Lowe Austin Hebert Karl Glusman Chris Mulkey Omar Benson Miller Kevin Dunn Thora Birch Johnny Knoxville
Cinematography	Elliot Davis
Edited by	Martin Nicholson
Music by	Dickon Hinchliffe
Production companies	50 Degrees Entertainment White Knight Pictures Colleen Camp Productions Sierra/Affinity Bold Films
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release dates	June 20, 2019 (2019-06-20) (United Arab Emirates) May 7, 2021 (2021-05-07) (United States)
Running time	104 minutes[1][2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$25,396[1]

It was released in the United States on May 7, 2021, by Lionsgate.

Plot

An ambitious rookie agent is assigned to an FBI field office in a run-down Kentucky town. The married man recruits a local drug-addicted woman as his informant and gets involved with her, thereby setting in motion a downward spiral of jealousy, betrayal and violence.

Cast

Production

The film was announced during the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Philip Noyce was set as director, with Emilia Clarke and Jack Huston cast as the film's two main leads.[3][4] Omar Benson Miller was cast on May 25, with May 27 seeing the additions of Thora Birch and Johnny Knoxville to the cast, alongside numerous other supporting actors. The production began filming in Kentucky.[5][6] The bulk of the filming took place in Harlan County, Kentucky. Some scenes were also filmed in Bourbon and Harrison Counties in Kentucky.^{[citation needed]}

Release

It was first released in the United Arab Emirates on June 20, 2019.[1] Its theatrical release in the United States and on VOD was on May 7, 2021 by Lionsgate.[2][7]

Reception

Box office

Above Suspicion grossed a worldwide total of $25,396.[1]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 25% based on 40 reviews, with an average rating of 4.5/10.[7] On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 46 out of 100, based on nine critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[8]

References

External links

• Above Suspicion at IMDb 
• Above Suspicion at AllMovie

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