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| TIGHTROPE (1984) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Clint Eastwood stars in this psychological thriller about a divorced New Orleans homicide detective whose use of handcuffs extends beyond the line of duty. Wes Block is a good father to his two young daughters, but since his wife left him he has turned to prostitutes with whom he indulges his growing taste for S&M and other kinky sexual practices. When he is assigned to a case involving the brutal slayings of a series of prostitutes and sex workers in New Orleans' red light district, Wes finds his personal and professional life merging in an increasingly disturbing manner. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Clint Eastwood (Wes Block), Genevieve Bujold (Beryl Thibodeaux), Dan Hedaya (Det. Molinari), Alison Eastwood (Amanda Block), Jenny Beck (Penny Block), Marco St. John (Leander Rolfe), Rebecca Perle (Becky Jacklin), Regina Richardson (Sarita), Randi Brooks (Jamie Cory), Jamie Rose (Melanie Silber), Margaret Howell (Judy Harper), Rebecca Clemons (Girl with Whip), Janet MacLachlan (Dr. Yarlofsky), Graham Paul (Luther), Bill Holliday (Police Chief), John Wilmot (Medical Examiner), Margie O'Dair (Mrs. Holstein), Joy N. Houck Jr. (Swap Meet Owner), Stuart Baker-Bergen (Blond Surfer), Donald Barber (Shorty), Robert Harvey (Lonesome Alice), Ron Gural (Coroner Dudley), Layton Martens (Sgt. Surtees), Richard Charles Boyle (Dr. Fitzpatrick), Beckie Davis (Nurse), Jonathan Sachar (Gay Boy), Valerie Thibodeaux (Black Hooker), Lionel Ferbos (Plainclothes Gus), Eliott Keener (Sandoval), Cary Wilmot Alden (Secretary), David Valdes (Manes), James Borders (Carfagno). | ||||||||||||||||||
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| RELEASE DATE: August 17th, 1984 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $9.1 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $48.1 million (USA) SHOOTING DATES: Late 1983 -- March 1984 - Premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival on August 16, 1984. - Alison Eastwood, who plays Amanda Block in the film, is Clint Eastwood's real-life daughter. She was 12-years-old at the time the film was shot. |
DIRECTOR: Richard Tuggle WRITER: Richard Tuggle. PRODUCERS: Clint Eastwood and Fritz Manes. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Lennie Niehaus. DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros. |
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| "Film noir at its best, with an intriguing blend of law and order, sin and sex, violence and sado-masochism." -- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Health | ||||||||||||||||||
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