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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Richard Tuggle (screenplay)
Release Date:
17 August 1984 (USA)
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Tagline:
A cop on the edge...
Plot:
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women...
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Plot Keywords:
Murder
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Rape
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Detective
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Serial Killer
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Single Parent
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Awards:
1 nomination
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(2 articles)
1984 Jams and Starman
(From FilmExperience. 12 May 2009, 11:20 AM, PDT)
New 'Hustle' draws 5.7 million
(From digitalspy. 11 January 2009, 4:59 AM, PST)
(From FilmExperience. 12 May 2009, 11:20 AM, PDT)
New 'Hustle' draws 5.7 million
(From digitalspy. 11 January 2009, 4:59 AM, PST)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Clint Eastwood | ... | Capt. Wes Block |
 | Geneviève Bujold | ... | Beryl Thibodeaux |
 | Dan Hedaya | ... | Det. Molinari |
 | Alison Eastwood | ... | Amanda Block |
| Jenny Beck | ... | Penny Block (as Jennifer Beck) |
 | 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 |
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Runtime:
114 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:R (Nova Scotia) |
Australia:M |
Canada:18+ (Ontario) |
Iceland:16 |
West Germany:16 |
South Korea:15 |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
Norway:15 |
Norway:16 (1984) |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R
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This is the first Clint Eastwood film with a score composed by Lennie Niehaus. Although Niehaus had orchestrated Jerry Fielding's Escape from Alcatraz (1979) a few years earlier, this was the first of 14 movies Niehaus has so far scored for Eastwood.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Obviously fake lightning flashes twice near the end of the movie.
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Quotes:
Wes Block:
Twenty-eight years ago I borrowed 40 dollars from my father, packed up an old, beat up suitcase, took a bus and came here. I was seventeen at the time. While I walked through the French Quarter, I looked out over the Mississippi and swore I'd never leave.
Beryl Thibodeaux: Ever come close?
Wes Block: Only once. When I looked down and saw that the suitcase was missing.
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Beryl Thibodeaux: Ever come close?
Wes Block: Only once. When I looked down and saw that the suitcase was missing.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Tatort: Märchenwald (#1.576)" (2004)
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TIGHTROPE is a decent, though not entirely flawless, dramatic thriller. Clint stars as a hard-nosed detective (does he play any other kind?) trying to figure out who's behind a string of murders in New Orleans. But these aren't just any murders, as the female victims were all part of the wonderful world of kinky sex. Our hero's mean squint gets even squintier when it becomes obvious the women are being targeted because of their kinky relations with him.
Released in 1984, TIGHTROPE was a reasonable success in terms of revenue and critical acclaim. Maybe you just had to see it when it first came out, because watching it today, it seems like a fairly formulaic cop thriller. That doesn't mean it's bad; far from it. It's reasonably paced, not entirely predictable and nicely buffered with some cute (sometimes hilarious) father-daughter moments (Clint's real-life offspring, Alison, plays one of his two girls). Add an extra star if you're a fan of the big C.