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Angel Heart (1987)

 -  Mystery | Thriller  -  6 March 1987 (USA)
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Harry Angel has a new case, to find a man called Johnny Favourite. Except things aren't quite that simple, and Johnny doesn't want to be found. Let's just say that, amongst the period ... See full summary »

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Harry Angel has a new case, to find a man called Johnny Favourite. Except things aren't quite that simple, and Johnny doesn't want to be found. Let's just say that, amongst the period detail and beautiful scenery, it all gets really, really nasty. Written by David Carroll <davidc@atom.ansto.gov.au>

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It will scare you to your very soul. See more »

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Mystery | Thriller

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Angel Heart - Ascensore per l'inferno  »

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$17,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$17,185,632 (USA)
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Trivia

Marlon Brando was briefly considered for the role of Louis Cyphre. See more »

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Harry direct dials a seven-digit phone number from a payphone. This wouldn't have been possible in the 1950s. See more »

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[first lines]
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"I Cried For You"
Music by Gus Arnheim and Abe Lyman
Lyrics by Arthur Freed
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I recently blew the dust off of my copy and watched it again…
21 June 2002 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

And I can't believe I never threw my two cents in about this one. When I first saw Angel Heart, I thought it was going to be your regular old mystery. Like a Mamet or Spillane yarn about a down on his luck private investigator drawn into a web of lies and deceit… Oh yeah, it IS like that… and then some. I was completely drawn into this movie. I found it perfectly paced. And just like other movies of this type, could not see the end coming at all. However from the beginning it felt like something was kind of different about THIS yarn. I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Kind of like the feeling you get as your walking out of the house and you just know you forgot something but you can't remember what. It was like that, a ‘nagging at the back of your brain' feeling. And then, oh boy! When all is revealed you wish you would have just left without what ever it was you were missing, ‘cause what you find is oh-so frightening. What a terribly wonderful story and what great direction. I can't think of anybody better that De Niro for the roll he played. If you own it: watch in again. If you haven't seen it, you must.


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