Tightrope

Tightrope

1984 · 115 min · EN · R · 6.1 (297 votes)
Dir. Richard Tuggle · Starring Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood, Jenny Beck, Marco St. John · Music Lennie Niehaus

A cop on the edge.

MysteryThrillerCrime

Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.

VIBE

A grim, rain-slicked descent into the underbelly of New Orleans. This film feels like a smoky, late-night dive into a detective's unraveling psyche as he hunts a brutal killer. It's a suffocating, character-driven thriller.

grittytensedarkunsettlingsteadyneo-noirgritty crime dramaperiod pieceobsessionjusticemoral ambiguitydescent into madness
prostitutenew orleanslouisianaserial killerseries of murderspolice detective
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