24 September 2006

Tightrope (1984)

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Directed by
Richard Tuggle

Plot summary:
In Richard Tuggle's serial-killer thriller Tightrope, Clint Eastwood delivers one of his best performances as Wes Block, a New Orleans detective investigating a series of sadistic sex murders in the French Quarter. All of the victims were attractive, promiscuous, and, more importantly, recent sexual conquests of Block's. Block, a recently divorced man with two young daughters at home, is sexually frustrated and has taken a liking to rough and kinky sex; in essence, the killer is acting as Block's violent Id, and with each new corpse the killer is getting closer and closer to him. Along the way, Block strikes up an interesting relationship with a rape counselor (played by Geneviève Bujold), whose up-frontness breaks through Block's guarded manner and puts a mirror up to him, and he doesn't like what he sees. Soon, Block begins questioning his own moral sanity, with the unnerving knowledge that he and the killer are alike in more ways he'd care to admit. [source: Jack Sommersby - efilmcritic.com]

Cast:
Clint Eastwood.... Capt. Wes Block
Geneviève Bujold.... Beryl Thibodeaux
Dan Hedaya.... Det. Molinari
Alison Eastwood.... Amanda Block
Jenny Beck.... Penny Block (as Jennifer Beck)
Marco St. John.... Leander Rolfe
Rebecca Perle.... Becky Jacklin
Regina Richardson.... Sarita
Randi Brooks.... Jamie Cory
Jamie Rose.... Melanie Silber
Margaret Howell.... Judy Harper
Rebecca Clemons.... Girl with Whip
Janet MacLachlan.... Dr. Yarlofsky
Graham Paul.... Luther
Bill Holliday.... Police Chief
John Wilmot.... Medical Examiner
Margie O'Dair.... Mrs. Holstein
Joy N. Houck Jr..... Swap Meet Owner
Stuart Baker-Bergen.... Blond Surfer
Donald Barber.... Shorty
Robert Harvey.... Lonesome Alice
Ron Gural.... Coroner Dudley
Layton Martens.... Sgt. Surtees
Richard Charles Boyle.... Dr. Fitzpatrick
Becki Davis.... Nurse
Jonathan Sachar.... Gay Boy
Valerie Thibodeaux.... Black Hooker
Lionel Ferbos.... Plainclothes Gus
Eliott Keener.... Sandoval
Cary Wilmot Alden.... Secretary
David Valdes.... Manes
James Borders.... Carfagno
Fritz Manes.... Valdes
Jonathan Shaw.... Quono
Don Lutenbacher.... Dixie President
G. Wood.... Conventioneer (as George Wood)
Kimberly Georgoulis.... Sam
Glenda Byers.... Lucy Davis (as Glenda Byars)
John Schluter.... Piazza Cop (as John Schluter Jr.)
Nick Krieger.... Rannigan
Lloyd Nelson.... Patrolman Restic
David Dahlgren.... Patrolman Julio
Rod Masterson.... Patrolman Gallo
Glenn Wright.... Patrolman Redfish
Angela Hill.... Woman Reporter
Ted Saari.... T.V. News Technician