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Title: The Big Easy (1986)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Dennis Quaid | ... | Remy McSwain | |
| Ellen Barkin | ... | Anne Osborne | |
| Ned Beatty | ... | Jack Kellom | |
| John Goodman | ... | Det. Andre DeSoto | |
| Lisa Jane Persky | ... | McCabe | |
| Ebbe Roe Smith | ... | Ed Dodge | |
| Tom O'Brien | ... | Bobby McSwain | |
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Charles Ludlam | ... | Lamar Parmentel |
| Grace Zabriskie | ... | Mama | |
| Marc Lawrence | ... | Vinnie 'The Cannon' DiMotti | |
| Solomon Burke | ... | Daddy Mention | |
| Gailard Sartain | ... | Chef Paul | |
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Jim Chimento | ... | Freddie Angelo |
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Edward Saint Pe' | ... | Patrolman (as Edward St. Pe) |
| Robert Lesser | ... | 'Silky' Foster | |
Set in New Orleans. Remy McSwain, lieutenant in Homicide finds that he has two problems, the first of a series of gang killings and Ann Osborne, a beautiful attorney from the D.A.'s police corruption task force in his office. He begins a relationship with her as the killings continue only to have charges filed against him for accepting bribes as he stumbles on a police corruption Sting. While this is happening, the criminals insist that none of the crime gangs are behind the killings. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin star in "The Big Easy," a 1986 film set in New Orleans, and also starring Ned Beatty, John Goodman, and Grace Zabriskie.
I know an attorney who won a huge civil rights case in New Orleans and then had to run for her life with her family when her life was continuously threatened. The New Orleans police force has the reputation of being the most corrupt police force in the United States. That's saying something.
That corruption is visited here in this story of a mildly corrupt cop Remy (Quaid) investigating a series of murders of low-level drug people. The assigned assistant district attorney, Anne Osborne (Barkin) assumes from the get-go, because of the presence of a cop car at one of the murders, that the police are involved.
That's the background for a hot love affair between these two sexy characters who really steam up the screen. Quaid is delightful as the high-flying Remy, and he gets to show his range as an actor - going from flirtatious playboy to a grief-stricken man. Barkin is perfect as a woman trying to stay professional but finding it nearly impossible.
This film has some serious and disturbing moments, but the locale and the actors infuse it with charm and energy. Well directed by Jim McBride, who keeps up the pace.
Recommended.