''The Guilty'' is a 2000

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. The film is a remake of the 1992 UK TV two-part telemovie of the same name and identical plot starring

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, Sean Gallagher,

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and

Carol Starks Carol Starks is a British actress. She studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama, and landed her first role with the National Theatre in ''Sweeney Todd''. She later found wider audiences through her ongoing role in the soap opera ''Famil ...

Plot

Callum Crane (

) is in line for appointment to the federal bench, during the same week he

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a new secretary at his office. It's also the same week Nathan Corrigan (

) (a young, callow ex-con) goes to the city to meet his biological father, the same Callum Crane. They meet and before Nathan can tell Crane who he is, Crane offers him money to kill the secretary, who has threatened to go to the police. Nathan takes an envelope of cash and the woman's photo, tells friends about it, and throws away the envelope. One of the friends, who needs money, retrieves the envelope and sets out to kill the woman. Can Nathan stop the crime?

Cast

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* * 2000 films 2000 crime drama films 2000 crime thriller films 2000 independent films American crime drama films American crime thriller films American independent films American remakes of British films American thriller drama films Films about dysfunctional families Films based on British novels Films based on crime novels Films directed by Anthony Waller Films about rape Films with screenplays by William Davies Films about sexual harassment 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{crime-thriller-film-stub