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Night Falls on Manhattan

Year:

1997

Duration:

113 min | USA:118 min (director's cut)

Genres:

Crime | Drama

IMDB rate:

6.6

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1997-05-16

Filming Locations: Marietta, Georgia, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $2,933,255 (USA) (18 May 1997)

Gross: $9,881,286 (USA) (10 August 1997)

Cast

Actor

Character

Anthony Alessandro

Andy Garcia

Sean Casey

Ian Holm

Liam Casey

James Gandolfini

Joey Allegretto

Lena Olin

Peggy Lindstrom

Shiek Mahmud-Bey

Jordan Washington

Colm Feore

Elihu Harrison

Ron Leibman

Morgenstern

Richard Dreyfuss

Sam Vigoda

Dominic Chianese

Judge Impelliteri

Paul Guilfoyle

McGovern

Bonnie Rose

Instructor

Norman Matlock

Detective

Sidney Armus

Judge

James Murtaugh

Man in Asylum (as Jim Murtaugh)

Melba Martinez

Legal Aid Attorney

Santo Fazio

Eduardo

David Fonteno

Captain #1 (as David Wolos-Fonteno)

John Seitz

Captain #2

Stephen Beach

Cop #2

Nafisah Sayyed

Half-Naked Girl

Vincent Pastore

Cop #3

Robert Sean Miller

Captain #3

Marcia Jean Kurtz

Eileen (as Marcia J. Kurtz)

Jude Ciccolella

Lieutenant Wilson

John Randolph Jones

Captain Lawrence

Chuck Pfeiffer

Captain Gentile

Clark D. Williams

News #1

Bill Boggs

News #2

Tamara Phillips

News #3

Louis Guss

Court Clerk

Richard Bright

64 Precinct Lieutenant

Ronald von Klaussen

65 Precinct Sergeant

John Di Benedetto

Patrolman #2

Kevin Ramsey

Sean's Assistant

Kermit Frazier

Jury Foreman

Veronica Hall

Pier Cop

Vic Noto

Police Diver Cochran

Jim Moody

Mayor Williams

Socorro Santiago

Lab Assistant

Fran Anthony

Moderator

Donna Hanover

TV Newsperson #1

Jack Cafferty

TV Newsperson #3

Kaity Tong

TV Newsperson #4

Allen Collodow

Cop #1

Dennis Paladino

Cop #2

Mike Cammallere

Sergeant #1

Jim Mauro

Lieutenant #1

Salvatore Paul Piro

Cop #4

Frank Vincent

Captain

Mike Sheehan

Sergeant #2

Joseph Mosso

Lieutenant #2 (as Joe Mosso)

Teddy Coluca

Reporter #1

Roslyn Cohn

Reporter #2

Elliot Cuker

Reporter #3

Yvette Mercedes

Meter Maid

Kristina Lear

Girl in Restaurant

Joe Drago

D.A. Driver

Catherine Schreiber

Sean's Ass't #2

Bobby Cannavale

Vigoda Assistant #1

Adam Alexi-Malle

Democatic Delegue (uncredited)

Debbie Benitez

Juror (uncredited)

Ray Campbell

Assistant D.A. (uncredited)

Vernon Campbell

Prisoner (uncredited)

Patrick Coleman Duncan

Waiter (uncredited)

Arthur Flam

Priest (uncredited)

Chandler Hill

Politico (uncredited)

Michael Luggio

Attorney (uncredited)

John Rowe Jr.

ADA Student (uncredited)

Anthony Sinopoli

Press Photographer (uncredited)

Leonard Tepper

Juror (uncredited)

J.D. Walters

Student DA (uncredited)

David Watkin

Sleeping Judge (uncredited)

Ted West

Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Richard Dreyfuss's role is loosely based on the career of the late celebrity attorney William Kunstler.

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Real-life attorneys Alan M. Dershowitz and Bruce Cutler are mentioned by name as desirable senior mentor figures for a class of New York assistant district attorneys.

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This movie is loosely based on the real-life case of Larry Davis, a drug dealer who shot six cops but was acquitted (with William Kunstler as his lawyer) after charging that the police were trying to kill him because they were involved in the drug trade. The Manhattan district attorney, Robert Morgenthau, was also nicknamed "Morgy".

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Quotes

Sean Casey: You were a cop, Joe. Now you're a garbage! You are nothing!

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