The Guilty

About The Guilty

A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.

The Guilty is a 2021 thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua. Released in September 2021, it runs 89 minutes.

Jake Gyllenhaal appears as Joe Baylor, Ethan Hawke as Sgt. Bill Miller (voice), Riley Keough as Emily Lighton (voice), and Peter Sarsgaard as Henry Fisher (voice). Written by Nic Pizzolatto. It comes from Bold Films and Endeavor Content.

Shelv files it under police officer, abduction, phone call, and police station. In the United States it streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.

The Guilty, Memento, and Insomnia make useful companions to The Guilty, all filed under alarm dispatch, cellular phone trace, and desk work. It scores 6.4 out of 10 from 3,286 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.