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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Robert Daley (novel)
Sidney Lumet (screenplay)
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Release Date:
16 May 1997 (USA) more
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Tagline:
In a city of nine million people is there room for one honest man?
Plot:
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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Lumet redux- Municipal corruption aplenty more (16 total)

Cast

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Andy Garcia ... Sean Casey

Ian Holm ... Liam Casey

James Gandolfini ... Joey Allegretto

Lena Olin ... Peggy Lindstrom
Shiek Mahmud-Bey ... Jordan Washington

Colm Feore ... Elihu Harrison
Ron Leibman ... Morgenstern

Richard Dreyfuss ... Sam Vigoda

Dominic Chianese ... Judge Impelliteri
Paul Guilfoyle ... McGovern

Bonnie Rose ... Instructor
Norman Matlock ... Detective
Sidney Armus ... Judge

James Murtaugh ... Man in Asylum (as Jim Murtaugh)
Melba Martinez ... Legal Aid Attorney
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and language.
Runtime:
114 min | USA:118 min (director's cut)
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This movie is loosely based on the real-life case of Larry Davis, a drug dealer who shot three cops but was acquitted (with William Kunstler as his lawyer) after charging that the police were trying to kill him because they were involved in the drug trade. The Manhattan district attorney, Robert Morgenthau, was also nicknamed "Morgy". more
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Referenced in The Making of 'Lost World' (1997) (V) more

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Lumet redux- Municipal corruption aplenty, 11 April 2003
Author: george.schmidt (george.schmidt@hbo.com) from fairview, nj

NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN (1997) *** Andy Garcia, Richard Dreyfuss, Ian Holm, Lena Olin, James Gandolfini, Ron Leibman, Shiek Mahmud-Bey. Excellent, gritty and absorbing crime drama dealing with Garcia as an assistant DA who becomes an overnight sensation after tackling a disturbing case of a drug dealer killing three cops on a raid gone awry that leads to a sticky web of corruption, lies, deceit and ultimately personal integrity. Garcia and Holm as his cop father, give superb performances as does Leibman as his teeth gnashing mentor (a delightful to watch turn) and Gandolfini as Holm's partner with some skeletons in his closet. Based on Robert Daley's book `Tainted Evidence' and adapted by the film's director Sidney Lumet with colorful panache of a true helmsman. – Letterman stooge Leonard Tepper is an extra in the jury (!)

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