Tightrope

Tightrope

1984 · 115 min · EN · R · 6.2 (408 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 whose victims are young and pretty women. 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 orleans, louisianaserial killerseries of murderspolice detective