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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1993 DVD Release: 07/01/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Thriller, Psychological Thriller

Sidney Lumet directed this Larry Cohen-scripted courtroom procedural that owes more than it should to Jagged Edge. Jennifer Haines (Rebecca De Mornay), one of the top female lawyers in the country and flush from the success of defending a gangster, has a new client to defend. A suave ladies man in an Armani suit, David Greenhill (Don Johnson) has come to solicit Jennifer's services. It seems that his rich socialite wife has been pushed to her death through an open window, and David stands to inherit a very large fortune. Needless to say, David is a prime suspect in his wife's murder. David admits to Jennifer the he is a womanizer and an oily manipulator, but nevertheless Jennifer decides to take his case as a challenge -- as she puts it: "People who are guilty are rarely this blunt." The result is an intricate chess game between Jennifer and David as they manipulate events, other people, and each other in order to determine the guilt or innocence of the playboy widower. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Rebecca De Mornay - Jennifer Haines
Don Johnson - David Greenhill
Stephen Lang - Phil Garson
Jack Warden - Moe
Dana Ivey - Judge Tompkins

This thriller gets a streamlined presentation for its release on DVD. Guilty As Sin has been given a pan-and-scan transfer at the full-frame aspect ratio of 1.33:1, and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo. No subtitles or language options have been included, though the feature is closed-captioned in English. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide