High Crimes

High Crimes
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCarl Franklin
Screenplay by
  • Yuri Zeltser
  • Grace Cary Bickley
Based onHigh Crimes
by Joseph Finder
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTheo van de Sande
Edited byCarole Kravetz-Aykanian
Music byGraeme Revell
Production
companies
Regency Enterprises
New Regency
Manifest Film Company
Monarch Pictures
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • April 5, 2002 (2002-04-05)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.