SYNOPSIS
Above Suspicion. Newly-married hotshot FBI agent Mark Putnam (Jack Huston THE IRISHMAN) is assigned to a rural mountain town in Kentucky. After being drawn into an illicit and passionate affair with Susan (Emilia Clarke GAME OF THRONES), a woman who dreams of escaping her small-town life surrounded by crime, he recruits her as his star informant against the local mob. Hooked, she sees him as her means of escape and as their relationship intensifies, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues spelling disaster for them both.
Based on real events, this gripping true-crime scandal shook the foundations of America’s top law enforcement agency, resulting in the first ever conviction of an FBI Agent for murder.
Directed by Philip Noyce (DEAD CALM) ABOVE SUSPICION also stars Thora Birch (THE WALKING DEAD), Johnny Knoxville (JACKASS), Karl Glusman (NOCTURNAL ANIMALS) and Kevin Dunn (VEEP).
