Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
David Merrill (Robert De Niro), a fictitious 1950s Hollywood Director, returns from filming abroad in France to find that his loyalty has been called into question by the House Committee on... See full summary »
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Irwin WinklerWriter:
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Blacklisted Writer and Director Abraham Polonsky wrote the original screenplay for the film. When Irwin Winkler decided to re-write the script by changing De Niro's character from a Communist to a more generic Liberal, Polonsky had his name removed from the film's credits. "I wanted it to be about Communists, because that's the way it really happened. They didn't need another story about a man who was falsely accused", he said in an interview in the New York Times.
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David Merrill:
She was a good wife, a good mother, and you're responsible for her death. She was falsely accused, she couldn't get work, her son was taken away from her - all because of this committee. In the name of ridding the world of Communism, you destroyed ...
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There is a Milwaukee Braves baseball pennant on the wall of Merrill's son's room. This film takes place in 1951 and 1952. The Braves didn't move to Milwaukee from Boston until 1953.
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THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM MEWritten by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Performed by Billie Holiday
Courtesy of PolyGram Special Products
A division of PolyGram Records, Inc.
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Release Date:
15 March 1991Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USABox Office
Gross:
$9,480,198 (USA)
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