Suspect is a 1987 American legal mystery thriller film directed by Peter Yates and starring Cher, Dennis Quaid and Liam Neeson.

Judge Matthew Helms (John Mahoney) wanted a speedy trial for personal reasons and denied Riley’s request for more time to investigate the death of a potential witness.

The film's climactic scene (in which the actual murderer is revealed) was panned by Roger Ebert, whose review noted that it is "as if an Agatha Christie novel evaluated six suspects in a British country house, and then in the last chapter we discover the killer was a guy from next door.

In the Los Angeles Times, film critic Sheila Benson wrote:As it speeds toward its finale, there are plot holes the size of Manhattan potholes, although it is refreshing to have so menacing a thriller with such a relatively low level of violence.

And there isn't a car chase from start to finish--amazing restraint from the director of Bullitt, and a positive point of pride these days.