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

[2] The film marked the directorial debut of Sam Irvin who had gained experience as Brian De Palma's production assistant.

[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.

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).

wanted something comedic which they thought would blend well with Irvin's style as seen in his short film Double Negative.