Movie Type: Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Romantic Mystery
Themes: Private Eyes, Femmes Fatales
Main Cast: Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton, Judith Ivey, Jack Warden, Kathleen Wilhoite
Release Year: 1990
Country: US/UK
Run Time: 120 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Private investigator Tom O'Toole (Nick Nolte) is reluctant to take on a case offered to him by cryptically offbeat Angela Crispini (Debra Winger), but he lets himself be seduced by her. Angela believes that Felix Daniels (Frank Military) was wrongly convicted of murdering his uncle. As O'Toole learns more about the crime, he becomes convinced that Felix was framed by corrupt local officials, including States Attorney, and old rival, Charlie Haggerty (Frank Converse). O'Toole also falls in love with Angela, who increasingly appears to be a psychologically disturbed woman who may have been involved with several of the principals. When Angela admits that she doesn't always know when she is telling the truth, she speaks to O'Toole's predicament and the film's theme: the dangers of relying on an unreliable narrator. ~ Steve Press, All Movie Guide
Frank Converse - Charlie Haggerty; Frank Military - Felix; Steve Skybell - Fr. Mancini; Mary Louise Wilson - Jean; Peter Appel - Sonny; T.M. Nelson George - Judge; R.M. Haley - Driver; Mert Hatfield - Bellanca; Elizabeth Ann Klein - Judge; James Parisi - Reporter; Sean Weil - Montana; Timothy D. Wright - Defense Attorney
Credit
Charley Beal - Art Director, Ezra Swerdlow - Co-producer, Ann Roth - Costume Designer, Karel Reisz - Director, John Bloom - Editor, Terry Glinwood - Executive Producer, Linda Yellen - Executive Producer, Mark Isham - Composer (Music Score), Ray Williams - Musical Direction/Supervision, Paul Williams - Songwriter, Leonard Engelman - Makeup, Edouard Henriques III - Makeup, Peter Larkin - Production Designer, Ian Baker - Cinematographer, Jeremy Thomas - Producer, Hilton Rosemarin - Set Designer, Richard Allison - Stunts, Tim A. Davison - Stunts, Don Pulford - Stunts, David R. Ellis - Stunts, Arthur Miller - Screenwriter, Leon Redbone - Additional Music, Giacomo Puccini - Featured Music
