A witch hunt has begun. Not one of roving mobs prowling by torchlight. The hunters are politicians sitting before clicking cameras in HUAC hearing rooms. Hollywood is on trial. And David Merrill is asked to "name names".



Robert De Niro and Annette Bening star in 'Guilty By Suspicion', a film of resounding emotional impact. Producer Irwin Winkler in his screenwriting/directing debut, recreates Hollywood's 'Blacklist' era. De Niro plays Merrill, a director pressured to testify against friends who are suspected communists with Bening as Merrill's ex-wife, sharing the whirlpool of scandal drawing them together...