High Crimes

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High Crimes
Promotional poster for High Crimes
Directed by	Carl Franklin
Written by	Joseph Finder (novel) Yuri Zeltser (screenplay) Grace Cary Bickley (screenplay)
Starring	Ashley Judd Morgan Freeman James Caviezel Adam Scott Amanda Peet Bruce Davison Tom Bower Juan Carlos Hernández Michael Gaston Jude Ciccolella Emilio Rivera Michael Shannon John Billingsley Dendrie Taylor Paula Jai Parker
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Running time	115 min
Country	USA
Language	English Spanish
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High Crimes is a 2002 thriller/drama movie, directed by Carl Franklin, based on a novel by Joseph Finder.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Attorney Claire Kubik, who lives an idyllic life with her husband Tom, has her life shattered after a failed robbery attempt at their home. They are accosted by the FBI, and to Claire's shock, they arrest her husband. They charge him with the murder of Salvadorian civilians under his previous identity of Ronald Chapman. Chapman was a covert military operative serving in the US Marines, and had been on the run for fifteen years.

Tom admits his involvement in an operation that resulted in the loss of civilians, for which he was blamed. However, he maintains that he is innocent, and he was made a scapegoat as only he could identify the men who did carry out the killings.

Claire is prepared to defend her husband in a military court, but she soon realises that she is in over her head and hires Charlie Grimes, an embittered former military attorney, who has a grudge against the military brass. While making their case, they begin to uncover a massive cover-up, perpetrated by one of the highest ranking officers. Key eyewitnesses have conveniently died, and as the scandal is revealed, Claire's career and even her life are put in jeopardy.