The Suspect (Italian: Il sospetto) is a 1975 Italian political thriller and drama film directed by Francesco Maselli.

[1][2] The film is set in Fascist Italy, where the members of the Italian Communist Party (1921-1991) are facing persecution.

A party member is sent to Turin on a clandestine mission.

Fascism has forced the leadership of the Italian Communist Party to settle in Paris.

In Italy arrests of militants are decimating the organization, so Emilio is sent on a mission in the area of Turin, to put out of harm whistleblowers.