High Crimes
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| Directed by | Carl Franklin |
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| Based on | High Crimes by Joseph Finder |
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| Cinematography | Theo van de Sande |
| Edited by | Carole Kravetz-Aykanian |
| Music by | Graeme Revell |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $42 million |
| Box office | $63.8 million |
High Crimes is a 2002 American legal thriller film directed by Carl Franklin, based on a screenplay by Yuri Zeltser and Grace Cary Bickley that adapted Joseph Finder's 1998 novel. Starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman, the film follows defense attorney Claire Kubik (Judd) as she teams up with a seasoned military attorney (Freeman) to uncover a cover-up while defending her husband, Tom, who is charged with the murder of nine civilians in El Salvador and revealed to have been living under a false identity.