Above Suspicion is a movie directed by Phillip Noyce in 2019 and based on the book Above Suspicion: An Undercover FBI Agent, an Illicit Affair, and a Murder of Passion by Joe Sharkey, first published in 1993. The movie features Emilia Clarke, Jack Huston, Thora Birch, Johnny Knoxville, Karl Glusman, Sophie Lowe, and others.
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Storyline
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.
Movie vs Book
Year
2019
Minutes
104
Movie Rate
5.60
Source: IMDb
Movie
Above Suspicion
Director: Phillip Noyce
Country: USA
Year: 2019
Length: 1h44m
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Year
1993
Pages
394
Book Rate
8.08
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Book
Above Suspicion
Subtitle: An Undercover FBI Agent, an Illicit Affair, and a Murder of Passion
Author: Joe Sharkey
Country: USA
First published in: 1993
Length: 394 pages
Genre: Biography
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“The author of a book pretty much gives up control of the story when the producers take over a book to make it into a movie.”
RODMAN PHILBRICK (Writer)
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