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An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.


“An act of love, or an act of murder?”
When an elderly millionaire is found dead with cocaine in his system, his will leaves $8 million to Rebecca Carlson, who was having an affair with him. District attorney Robert Garrett decides to prosecute Rebecca, arguing that she deliberately engaged in wild sex with the old man to overexcite him and lead to his premature death. Defense attorney Frank Dulaney defends Rebecca in court while getting sucked into a dangerous affair with her.

Madonna
Rebeca Carlson

Willem Dafoe
Frank Dulaney

Julianne Moore
Sharon Dulaney

Anne Archer
Joanne Braslow

Jürgen Prochnow
Dr. Alan Paley

Frank Langella
Jeffrey Roston

Lillian Lehman
Judge Richter Burnham

Joe Mantegna
Robert Garrett

Charles Hallahan
Dr. McCurdy

Stan Shaw
Charles Biggs
Body of Evidence is a drama, thriller, romance film released in 1993 exploring themes of infidelity, eroticism, seduction, murder, drugs, neo-noir. Directed by Uli Edel, it stars Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Julianne Moore. When an elderly millionaire is found dead with cocaine in his system, his will leaves $8 million to Rebecca Carlson, who was having an affair with him. District attorney Robert Garrett decides to prosecute Rebecca, arguing that she deliberately engaged in wild sex with the old man to overexcite him and lead to his premature death. Defense attorney Frank Dulaney defends Rebecca in court while getting sucked into a dangerous affair with her.
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