Guilty Conscience is a 1985 American television film, produced by Robert A. Papazian, written by Richard Levinson and William Link, directed by David Greene, starring Anthony Hopkins, Blythe Danner and Swoosie Kurtz.
As a defense attorney, Arthur is familiar with both the courts and the minds of criminals, and he spends much of the film consulting an officious imaginary version of himself for the perfect scheme to rid himself of Louise.
Arthur runs each murder, or the subsequent trial, through in his mind, searching for problems, loopholes, and the elusive watertight alibi.
Arthur had only been bluffing about the tape, there is no evidence that the shooting was an accident other than the word of Jackie, his mistress, who may not be willing to testify to exonerate him.
TV Guide gave a rave review, writing "Tightly plotted, flawlessly paced and clever rather than gimmicky, Guilty Conscience is the sort of Hitchcock homage that can hold its own against the master's work.