Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion

The devil always comes as everything you wanted

R 2019 · 104 min · ★ 5.9 · Thriller, Crime, Action

The chilling true story of a newly married FBI poster boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her means of escape; instead, it's a ticket to disaster for both of them.

Directed by Phillip Noyce · Written by Chris Gerolmo

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