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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Clint Eastwood | ... | 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 | |
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Regina Richardson | ... | Sarita |
| Randi Brooks | ... | Jamie Cory | |
| Jamie Rose | ... | Melanie Silber | |
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Margaret Howell | ... | Judy Harper |
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Rebecca Clemons | ... | Girl with Whip |
| Janet MacLachlan | ... | Dr. Yarlofsky | |
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Graham Paul | ... | Luther |
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Bill Holliday | ... | Police Chief |
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Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women, that he rapes and murders. The killings are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened. Written by Tony Kessen <rhkessen@cs.vu.nl>
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17 August 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$9,156,545, 19 August 1984Gross USA:
$48,143,579Company Credits
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[he starts throwing around and breaking stuff]
Wes Block: You motherfucker. I will break your motherfucking ass!
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Obviously fake lightning flashes twice near the end of the movie. See more »Quotes
Wes Block: Son of a bitch, I *hate* you![he starts throwing around and breaking stuff]
Wes Block: You motherfucker. I will break your motherfucking ass!
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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.