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Tightrope (1984)

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Reviews Counted:11

Fresh:9

Rotten:2

Average Rating:6.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Clint Eastwood stars in this psychological thriller about a divorced New Orleans homicide detective whose use of handcuffs extends beyond the line of duty. Wes Block is a good father to his two... Clint Eastwood stars in this psychological thriller about a divorced New Orleans homicide detective whose use of handcuffs extends beyond the line of duty. Wes Block is a good father to his two young daughters, but since his wife left him he has turned to prostitutes with whom he indulges his growing taste for S&M and other kinky sexual practices. When he is assigned to a case involving the brutal slayings of a series of prostitutes and sex workers in New Orleans' red light district, Wes finds his personal and professional life merging in an increasingly disturbing manner. [More]

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood, Jennifer Beck

Director: Richard Tuggle

Director: Richard Tuggle

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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12/14/05
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

Eastwood took a chance at the height of his stardom to play a less-than-heroic cop in this gutsy serial-killer thriller.

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08/31/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

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08/08/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

A surprisingly tightly wound serial killer mystery.

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05/04/05
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

Eastwood cria um personagem complexo e interessante, mas os elementos policiais da trama, aliados ao ritmo frouxo da história, prejudicam seus esforços.

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02/28/05
Pablo Villaca
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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Fine later Eastwood starrer

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10/19/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

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05/28/04
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Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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04/27/04
Nicolas Lacroix
Nicolas Lacroix
EnPrimeur.ca

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11/05/03
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Film noir at its best, with an intriguing blend of law and order, sin and sex, violence and sado-masochism.

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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05/20/03
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