Guilty by Suspicion
“All it took was a whisper”
Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for his rights and faces numerous challenges.
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Guilty by Suspicion performed
Budget
$13.0M
Worldwide Gross
$9.5M
Gross Profit
−$3.5M
Return
0.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
David Merrill
Robert De Niro
David Merrill
Ruth Merrill
Annette Bening
Ruth Merrill
Bunny Baxter
George Wendt
Bunny Baxter
Dorothy Nolan
Patricia Wettig
Dorothy Nolan
Felix Graff
Sam Wanamaker
Felix Graff
Paulie Merrill
Luke Edwards
Paulie Merrill
Larry Nolan
Chris Cooper
Larry Nolan
Darryl Zanuck
Ben Piazza
Darryl Zanuck
Joe Lesser
Martin Scorsese
Joe Lesser
Bert Alan
Barry Primus
Bert Alan
Chairman Wood
Gailard Sartain
Chairman Wood
Congressman Tavenner
Robin Gammell
Congressman Tavenner
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