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Tightrope

Year:

1984

Duration:

114 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Richard Tuggle

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1984-08-17

Filming Locations: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $9,156,545 (USA) (19 August 1984)

Gross: $47,392,179 (USA) (14 October 1984)

Cast

Actor

Character

Dan Hedaya

Tightrope

Rebecca Perle

Clint Eastwood

Wes Block

Geneviève Bujold

Beryl Thibodeaux

Alison Eastwood

Amanda Block

Jenny Beck

Penny Block (as Jennifer Beck)

Marco St. John

Leander Rolfe

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

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Trivia

The movie features a significant amount of red tint photography. Even the movie's film poster featured a strong red color component. The color red motif connects with the film's adult sexual themes and references the film 's "Red Light" district's prostitutes and seedy sex. Similary, movie poster artwork for the later Clint Eastwood movie Blood Work (2002) also featured red tint over black print, but this time, the red color symbolized the color of blood.

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The film featured a serial killer who was a former New Orleans police officer who was charged for sexual assault - it was until the mid-1990s where the department was under the oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice concerning police corruption and misconduct.

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The narrow streets of New Orleans produced problems for the production particularly in the city's French Quarter where the thin streets made it difficult for production trucks to mobilize.

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Goofs

Despite shooting on location in New Orleans, not one person in this movie has a regional Louisiana, New Orleans, or Cajun accent.

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Obviously fake lightning flashes twice near the end of the movie.

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When Wes is in Becky's kitchen, offering him ice, the microphone dangles multiple times into the frame.

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Quotes

Wes Block: Twenty-eight years ago I borrowed 40 dollars from my father, packed up an old, beat up suitcase, took a bus and came here. I was seventeen at the time. While I walked through the French Quarter, I looked out over the Mississippi and swore I'd never leave.

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Penny Block: [to her father] You can have a hard-on anytime you want.

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Uniformed Police Officer: Wes, Beryl Thibodeaux from the rape something or other wants to see you. Wes Block: Where is she?

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