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Cast

Clint Eastwood
as Det. Wes Block

Geneviève Bujold
as Beryl Thibodeaux

Dan Hedaya
as Det. Molinari

Alison Eastwood
as Amanda Block

Jennifer Rae Beck
as Penny Block

Marco St. John
as Leander Rolfe

Rebecca Perle
as Becky Jacklin

Regina Richardson
as Sarita

Randi Brooks
as Jamie Cory

Jamie Rose
as Melanie Silber

Margaret Howell
as Judy Harper

Phyllis Huffman

Rebecca Clemons
as Girl with Whip

Janet MacLachlan
as Dr. Yarlofsky

Graham Paul
as Luther

Donald Barber
as Shorty

Bill Holliday
as Police Chief

John Wilmot
as Medical Examiner

Margie O'Dair
as Mrs. Holstein

Joy N. Houck Jr
as Swap Meet Owner

Stuart Baker-Bergen
as Blond Surfer

Robert Harvey
as Lonesome Alice

Ron Gural
as Coroner Dudley

Layton Martens
as Sgt. Surtees

Richard Boyle
as Dr. Fitzpatrick

Becki Davis
as Nurse

Jonathan Sacher
as Gay Boy

Valerie Thibodeaux
as Black Hooker

Lionel Ferbos
as Plainclothes Gus

Eliott Keener
as Sandoval

David Valdes
as Manes

James Borders
as Carfano

Fritz Manes
as Valdes

Jonathan Shaw
as Quono

Don K. Lutenbacher
as Dixie President

George Wood
as Conventioneer

Kimberly Georgoulis
as Sam

Glenda Byars
as Lucy Davis

John Schluter
as Piazza Cop

Nick Krieger
as Rannigan

Lloyd Nelson
as Patrolman Restic

David Dahlgren
as Patrolman Julio

Rod Masterson
as Patrolman Gallo

Glenn Wright
as Patrolman Redfish

Angela Hill
as Woman Reporter

Ted Saari
as TV News Reporter

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Critic Reviews for Tightrope

Audience Reviews for Tightrope

• Nov 17, 2012

  A dark, stylish, unique and chilling film noir at it`s best. A taunt, well-crafted and superb mystery thriller that takes back to the old school cop films of the 40`s and 50`s. A gripping, disturbingly compelling and first-rate edge of your seat thriller. Clint Eastwood gives one of his finest performances ever.
  Al S Super Reviewer
• Jul 02, 2010

  Watching this flick was a tightrope experience in itself!!!
  familiar s Super Reviewer
• Feb 24, 2010

  A riveting suspense thriller about a New Orleans homicide detective named Wes Block, played by Clint Eastwood in a remarkable performance who goes off the sexual deep end when is wife leaves him, as he explores the darker side of sexuality, at same time a sadistic serial killer is terrorizing the city with string of sex murders, Eastwood finds he has much common with the psychotic he is pursuing, two men on opposing sides of the law with the same taste in sleaze sex. Expert supporting performances from Genevieve Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Jenny Beck, and Alison Eastwood. A well-crafted, exciting thriller that is brilliantly written and directed by Eastwood's protegee Richard Tuggle. Highly Recommended.
  Danny R Super Reviewer
• Feb 03, 2010

  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 Eastwood off the track by kidnapping one of the detective's two daughters (played quite well by Clint's real-life daughter Alison). Despite its reliance on bloodletting, particularly in the final scenes, Tightrope is most effective when probing the hangups and vulnerabilities of Clint Eastwood's character.
  Martin D Super Reviewer

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