A former cop who now earns a wage as a crime scene cleaner unknowingly participates in a cover-up at his latest job.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Tom Cutler | |
| Ed Harris | ... | Eddie Lorenzo | |
| Eva Mendes | ... | Ann Norcut | |
| Luis Guzmán | ... | Det. Jim Vargas | |
| Keke Palmer | ... | Rose Cutler | |
| Maggie Lawson | ... | Cherie | |
| Jose Pablo Cantillo | ... | Miguel | |
| Robert Forster | ... | Arlo Grange | |
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Edrick Browne | ... | Det. Darrin Harris |
| Marc Macaulay | ... | Vic | |
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Rosalind Rubin | ... | Crying Woman |
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Mike Guy | ... | Priest #1 |
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Richard Folmer | ... | Priest #2 |
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James Barnes | ... | Lawyer |
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Linda Leonard | ... | Francine Mason |
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Tom Cutler, a retired police officer now runs a company which specialises in crime scene clean up. He is assigned a clean up job post a homicide. After doing the job he discovers that he has been conned into cleaning up a crime scene and must try to unravel the mystery behind what happened in that house. Written by ColiD
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scene of the crime | blood splatter | washing hands | pool of blood | police corruption |Taglines:
With some crimes nobody gets out clean. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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EnglishRelease Date:
18 January 2008 (Finland) See more »Also Known As:
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$25,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Forster appeared in Jackie Brown (1997). See more »Goofs
At the end, Ed Harris is pointing his gun at Samuel Jackson with the trigger in the rearward position, something that only happens when the double action/single action Beretta is cocked. The trigger should be at rest, in the forward position. When agitated, Ed cocks the hammer and we see that the trigger is still in the rearward position. Only at cocking should the trigger have gone from forward position to rear position. See more »Soundtracks
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The premise of 'Cleaner' is quite clever; a professional cleaner cleans up a crime scene, only to discover that, in spite of original appearances, the police had not recorded the crime at all. Unfortunately, as he tries to find out who has put him up to this, the film descends into regulation cliché. It's not an awful film, but it is the sort of movie in which, shortly after each character appears, you can reliably predict what their ultimate role in the plot will be; and where none of the various twists comes as a real surprise. Everything is improbably connected; there's a beautiful woman (although surprisingly no sex); it all comes down to a personal showdown at the end. It's watchable; but scarcely interesting.