Jake Rusher — Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture Character Profile

About Jake Rusher

Former partner of the murdered officer Jackie McGrath. He strongly advises Marish against photographing the execution and later commits suicide. Posthumously, his reversed crime-scene photo and financial trails expose him as the actual killer, who orchestrated Eames' frame-up as part of a drug ring and to conceal his affair with Hannah.

Character Facts

Played by

Tom Schuster

Appears in

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Jake Rusher — Romantic Former Lover — Hannah McGrath (Bonnie Bedelia)

  Secret past affair that complicates Hannah's grief and reveals Rusher's hidden motives.

• Jake Rusher — Conflict Ideological Opponent — Paul Marish (Roy Scheider)

  Clash of perspectives where Rusher opposes the documentation of the execution.

• Jake Rusher — Alliance Co-Conspirator — Mike Knighton (Antoni Corone)

  Hidden partnership involved in illegal drug operations and the cover-up of McGrath's murder.

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More characters from Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

• Paul Marish (Roy Scheider)
• Hannah McGrath (Bonnie Bedelia)
• Raymond Eames (Arliss Howard)
• Dan Weston (Andre Braugher)
• Supt. Stanton (Marc Macaulay)
• Police Sgt. Jerry Brown (Robert Carradine)
• Burke (Tom Kouchalakos)
• Steve March (Tom Nowicki)
• Nathanson (Mark McCracken)
• Mike Knighton (Antoni Corone)
• Police Chief (Michael O'Smith)
• Jean Watley (Ginger Burgett)