Guilty as Charged (film)

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Guilty as Charged
Directed by Sam Irvin
Written byCharles Gale
Produced byRandolph Gale
Starring
CinematographyRichard Michalak
Edited by Kevin Tent
Music by Steve Bartek
Distributed by IRS Media
Release date
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.3 million [1]

Guilty as Charged is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Sam Irvin and starring Rod Steiger and Lauren Hutton. [2]

Contents

Cast

Production

The film marked the directorial debut of Sam Irvin who had gained experience as Brian De Palma's production assistant. [1] With his eye set on directing, Irvin developed Stiff, a comedy involving a dead body, with writer Brian Clemens whom Irvin had met during his tenure writing for fanzine Bizarre. [1] Irvin found some of the financial backing from RCA/Columbia Home Video and was directed by them to seek the rest of the funding from I.R.S. Media. [1] While I.R.S. ultimately passed due to having several other scripts further along in development, they did show Irvin a selection of scripts for him to potentially direct with the one that stood out being Guilty as Charged written by Charlie Gale (brother of Bob Gale). [1] While the film was initially written as something more serious, I.R.S. wanted something comedic which they thought would blend well with Irvin's style as seen in his short film Double Negative. [1]

Reception

Leonard Maltin gave it two and a half stars. [3] [4]

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References

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  2. Thomas, Kevin (7 February 1992). "MOVIE REVIEW : 'Guilty as Charged': Savvy, Stylish". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  3. Maltin, Leonard; Sader, Luke; Clark, Mike (2008). Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide . Penguin. p.  563. ISBN   9780452289789. guilty as charged 1992 rod steiger.page 563
  4. Maltin, Leonard (2017). Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide: The Modern Era, Previously Published as Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9780525536314.page 574