Alan, however, becomes suspicious that Dempsey murdered them and begins to investigate, over the objections of his captain and other officers. The police conclude that Dempsey killed Gail and Nick in self-defense. Dempsey shoots Gail dead and informs Nick that he knew about the affair before rising from his wheelchair and fatally shooting him. Gail aims her gun at her husband, pulls the trigger, and the gun clicks. Nick puts his gun to Dempsey's head but cannot bring himself to shoot his brother. They take two pistols with silencers out of a dresser drawer. On the night it is set to happen, they sneak out of a movie theater after causing a commotion in order to create their alibi, go to the house, and start staging the scene. The pair agree to kill Dempsey and make it look like a botched home robbery.

Iris tells Gail about the attempt.ĭempsey informs Gail and Nick that he does not want to spend his life in a wheelchair and asks them to help him die. One night, Dempsey's neighbor, Iris, looks through her kitchen window and sees him pointing a gun at his head but she bangs on the door and seemingly stops him from committing suicide. Gail tells Nick that she dislikes being the wife of a disabled man. He is medically retired from the force.ĭempsey and Gail send their son, Damon, away to camp for the summer. In part due to Nick's carelessness, Dempsey is shot during a night raid on a tenement building and his doctor says he is paralyzed from the waist down. Alan Rhinehart is another detective who thinks Dempsey is dirty and resents him for being the star on the force. Nick is having an affair with Dempsey's wife, Gail. His brother, Nick, is also a cop but is generally viewed as a screw-up despite Dempsey's attempts to help him. Plot ĭempsey Cain is a top detective in San Sebastian, California. On May 27, 1995, 6 days after the film's release, Reeve himself was paralyzed from the shoulders down after suffering a spinal cord injury in a horse riding accident.

In the film, Reeve plays a paralyzed cop who plots to murder his wife. Macy, who also has a small role in the film. American TV series or program Above SuspicionĪbove Suspicion is a 1995 American crime thriller made-for-TV movie directed by Steven Schachter, and starring Christopher Reeve, Joe Mantegna and Kim Cattrall.

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