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Tightrope (1984)

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Movie Info

Clint Eastwood plays a New Orleans detective determined to track down a serial killer of prostitutes. Complicating matters is the fact that the unknown culprit is very likely an S&M fetishist....and so is Eastwood. The detective is profoundly disturbed at the likelihood that he and the killer have the same taste in women; this element of the case is equally troublesome for psychologist Genevieve Bujold, who finds herself attracted to Eastwood. The climax involves the killer's attempting to throw

R, 1 hr. 57 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Richard Tuggle

In Theaters: Aug 17, 1984 Wide

On DVD: Sep 2, 2003

Warner Home Video

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Cast

Clint Eastwood
Wes Block
Genevi�ve Bujold
Beryl Thibodeaux
Dan Hedaya
Detective Molinari
Alison Eastwood
Amanda Block
Jennifer Rae Beck
Penny Block
Rebecca Perle
Becky Jacklin
Regina Richardson
Sarita
Randi Brooks
Jamie Cory
Jamie Rose
Melanie Silber
Margaret Howell
Judy Harper
Stuart Baker-Bergen
Blond Surfer
Donald Barber
Shorty
Rebecca Clemons
Girl with Whip
Lionel Ferbos
Plainclothes Gus
Ron Gural
Coroner Dudley
Robert Harvey
Lonesome Alice
Eliott Keener
Sandoval
Don K. Lutenbacher
Dixie President
Janet MacLachlan
Dr. Yarlofsky
Rod Masterson
Patrolman Gallo
Lloyd Nelson
Patrolman Restic
Margie O'Dair
Mrs. Holstein
Graham Paul
Luther
Marco St. John
Leander Rolfe
John Wilmot
Medical Examiner
Richard Boyle
Dr. Fitzpatrick
Joy N. Houck Jr
Swap Meet Owner
Fritz Manes
Valdes
Jonathan Shaw
Quono
David Valdes
Manes
Glenn Wright
Patrolman Redfish
Bill Holliday
Police Chief
Layton Martens
Sgt. Surtees
David Dahlgren
Patrolman Julio
Becki Davis
Nurse
John Schluter
Piazza Cop
Phyllis Huffman
James Borders
Carfano

Critic Reviews for Tightrope

All Critics (17) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (2) | DVD (6)

Eastwood took a chance at the height of his stardom to play a less-than-heroic cop in this gutsy serial-killer thriller.

August 31, 2005 Comment

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

A surprisingly tightly wound serial killer mystery.

May 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Eastwood cria um personagem complexo e interessante, mas os elementos policiais da trama, aliados ao ritmo frouxo da hist�ria, prejudicam seus esfor�os.

February 28, 2005 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

Fine later Eastwood starrer

October 19, 2004 Comment

Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

Film noir at its best, with an intriguing blend of law and order, sin and sex, violence and sado-masochism.

July 23, 2003 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

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Very slow moving, a sort of dark, seediness to it, watchable, but forgettable.

June 23, 2007

Lady D'arbanville

Super Reviewer

Watching this flick was a tightrope experience in itself!!!

July 2, 2010

familiar stranger

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