Double Jeopardy is a thriller film made in 1999, directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd, about a woman who is framed for the murder of her husband.
Nick Parsons (Bruce Greenwood) and his wife Elizabeth, known as Libby, (Ashley Judd), wealthy residents of Whidbey Island, borrow a friend's yacht and set off sailing for the weekend. After becoming drunk Libby falls asleep and wakes up to find her husband missing and...
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Double Jeopardy is a thriller film made in 1999, directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd, about a woman who is framed for the murder of her husband.
Nick Parsons (Bruce Greenwood) and his wife Elizabeth, known as Libby, (Ashley Judd), wealthy residents of Whidbey Island, borrow a friend's yacht and set off sailing for the weekend. After becoming drunk Libby falls asleep and wakes up to find her husband missing and blood all over her hands, clothes, and the boat's floors. A Coast Guard vessel appears and Libby is spotted holding a bloody knife she found lying on the deck. She is apprehended, tried, and convicted for the murder of her husband.
Libby asks her best friend, Angela Green (Annabeth Gish), to look after her son Matty (Benjamin Weir) for the duration of her prison sentence. While talking with Matty during a phone call from prison, Libby hears him exclaim "Daddy!" right before the line goes dead. Libby realizes that Nick could still be alive and...
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