Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 9
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Average Rating: 7.7/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 1
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A lawyer discovers just how fine the line between good and evil can be in this drama based on the novel Tainted Evidence by Robert Daley. When a carefully-planned bust of drug dealer Jordan Washington (Shiek Mahmud-Bey) goes sour, a shootout between Washington and officers from three precincts leaves a number of cops dead or wounded. Washington escapes in the confusion, but he turns himself in on the advice of gadfly lawyer Sam Vigoda (Richard Dreyfuss). District Attorney Morgenstern (Ron
May 16, 1997 Wide
Oct 14, 1997
Republic Pictures Home Video
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Cast
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Andy Garcia
Sean Casey -
Lena Olin
Peggy Lindstrom -
Richard Dreyfuss
Sam Vigoda -
Ian Holm
Liam Casey -
Ron Leibman
Morgenstern -
James Gandolfini
Joey Allegretto -
Colm Feore
Elihu Harrison -
Shiek Mahmud-Bey
Jordan Washington -
Jim Moody
Mayor -
Vic Noto
Police Diver Cochran -
Paul Guilfoyle
McGovern
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All Critics (51) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (9) | DVD (2)
About New York City police corruption.
Messy, overwrought, and technically fuzzy, this cop opera still maintains a strong and passionate pulse.
Garcia gives one of his richest performances yet
The kind of tough-minded moral drama that Lumet excels at.
Garcia turns in a solid, emotionally complex performance, and he keeps the audience involved when the plot takes some credibility-straining turns.
One of the most unfairly overlooked Hollywood films of recent years, [it] marked a return to form for one of American cinema's great moralists.
Makes the important point that our values don't just determine what we do but who we are.
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Foreign Titles
- Dans l'ombre de Manhattan (FR)
