High Crimes is a 2002 American legal thriller film directed by Carl Franklin and written by Yuri Zeltser and Grace Cary Bickley. It is based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Joseph Finder. The film stars Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Jim Caviezel, Amanda Peet, Adam Scott, and Bruce Davison. The narrative centers on Claire Kubik, a successful defense attorney whose world unravels when her husband is arrested by military authorities and revealed to be a former covert operative accused of murdering civilians during a mission in El Salvador. With the help of a seasoned military lawyer, she sets out to expose a deeper conspiracy within the military justice system.