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Tightrope
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Tightrope is a 1984 American crime film directed and written by Richard Tuggle. Produced by Clint Eastwood through Malpaso Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix, the movie features a cast including Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya, and Alison Eastwood. The narrative is set in New Orleans, Louisiana, and explores themes involving a police detective and serial murders.
The film runs for approximately 115 minutes and was released in the United States in August 1984. It was shot in New Orleans with Bruce Surtees serving as director of photography and Joel Cox as editor. The score was composed by Lennie Niehaus. The production company also included Warner Bros. Pictures, and the film is available via video on demand.
Critical reception included a Metascore of 61 and an Rotten Tomatoes rating of 86%. The film grossed $48,143,579 at the box office. It received one nomination for an award. The story is described by the tagline "A cop on the edge."
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6.2Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Wes Block
- Geneviève Bujold as Beryl Thibodeaux
- Dan Hedaya as Det. Molinari
- Alison Eastwood as Amanda Block
- Jenny Beck as Penny Block
- Marco St. John as Leander Rolfe
Themes
- prostitute
- new orleans, louisiana
- serial killer
- series of murders
- police detective
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
20,001 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
61/100
- Year
- 1984
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- neo-noir
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Richard Tuggle
- Screenwriter
- Richard Tuggle
- Cast member
- Rod Masterson
- Composer
- Lennie Niehaus
- Producer
- Clint Eastwood
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Bruce Surtees
- Narrative location
- New Orleans
- Filming location
- New Orleans
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 470875
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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