4.8 Score

2002 • 1h 55min • PG-13 • Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Drama

High Crimes

"Everything you trust. Everything you know. May be a lie..."

A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.

IMDb 6.4

RT 30%

MC 48

Director

Carl Franklin

Writer

Yuri Zeltser

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Ashley Judd

Claire Kubik

Morgan Freeman

Charlie Grimes

Jim Caviezel

Tom Kubik

Amanda Peet

Jackie

Adam Scott

Lieutenant Terrence Embry

Bruce Davison

Brig. Gen. Bill Marks

Tom Bower

FBI Agent Mullins

Juan Carlos Hernández

Major Hernandez

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Ashley Judd Claire Kubik

Morgan Freeman Charlie Grimes

Jim Caviezel Tom Kubik

Amanda Peet Jackie

Adam Scott Lieutenant Terrence...

Bruce Davison Brig. Gen. Bill Mark...

Tom Bower FBI Agent Mullins

Juan Carlos Hernández Major Hernandez

Michael Gaston Major Waldron

Jude Ciccolella Colonel Farrell

Emilio Rivera Salvadoran Man

Michael Shannon Troy Abbott

Dawn Hudson Lt. Col. LaPierre

John Billingsley Lie Detector Coach

Dendrie Taylor Lola

Paula Jai Parker Gracie

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