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Overview

User Rating:
5.4/10   2,770 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
James Lee Burke (novel)
Harley Peyton (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
17 May 1996 (USA) more
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Tagline:
For an ex-cop obsessed with an unsolved murder, trusting the wrong woman could be a deadly choice.
Plot:
Ex-detective Dave Robicheaux has made a new life for himself and his wife Annie running a bait shop in the outskirts of New Orleans... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Another Pretty Solid Modern 'Noir' more (48 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alec Baldwin ... Dave Robicheaux

Kelly Lynch ... Annie Robicheaux
Mary Stuart Masterson ... Robin Gaddis

Eric Roberts ... Bubba Rocque

Teri Hatcher ... Claudette Rocque
Vondie Curtis-Hall ... Minos P. Dautrieve (as Vondie Curtis Hall)
Badja Djola ... Batist
Samantha Lagpacan ... Alafair

Joe Viterelli ... Didi Giancano

Tuck Milligan ... Jerry Falgout
Hawthorne James ... Victor Romero
Don Stark ... Eddie Keats
Carl A. McGee ... Toot
Paul Guilfoyle ... Det. Magelli

Christopher Kriesa ... Priest (as Chris Krisea)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and language, and for some nudity.
Runtime:
132 min | Canada:135 min (Ontario)
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Continuity: The amount of sweat on Dave when he talks to Dautrieve for the first time. more
Quotes:
Dave Robicheaux: What'd the guy look like?
Annie: He looked like a big bad guy.
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Referenced in "Showbiz Today: (1996-05-14)" (1996) more
Soundtrack:
I Ain't Gonna Suffer No More more

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18 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Another Pretty Solid Modern 'Noir', 29 March 2006
8/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

I guess you could call this a "neo-noir," which is a modern-day film noir. It has that atmosphere, especially in New Orleans which seems to always been pictured on the seamy side in films. After the devastation that took place there last year, perhaps filmmakers will kinder to the city in future movies.

Anyway, a seedy New Orleans, some good blues music and five varied-and-all interesting lead characters make this a very watchable movie. Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Teri Hatcher, Mary Stuart Masterston and Eric Roberts all contribute with good performances All but Roberts are the "good guys" in this one.

The movie keeps your attention and has you involved for most of the two hours. The action is well-dispersed. My only complaint is a small one: Baldwin with the southern accent doesn't sound natural. Otherwise, a good modern-day crime story.

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