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Night Falls on Manhattan

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Night Falls on Manhattan
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R,1hr 54min
Genres:
Drama,Action
Released:
May 16, 1997
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Andy Garcia, Lena Olin, Richard Dreyfuss  ...more
Synopsis: A lawyer discovers just how fine the line between good and evil can be in this drama based on the novel Tainted Evidence by Robert Daley. When a carefully-planned bust of drug dealer Jordan Washington (Shiek Mahmud-Bey) goes sour, a shootout between Washington and officers from three precincts leaves a number of cops dead or wounded. Washington escapes in the confusion, but he turns himself in on the advice of gadfly lawyer Sam Vigoda (Richard Dreyfuss). District Attorney Morgenstern (Ron Leibman) ... Full Synopsis
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Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
A string of unlikely events and coincidences set off Night Falls, and Lumet makes them believable the old-fashioned way: through interaction with a screen full of strongly drawn, fully dimensioned, psychologically valid characters. Full Review
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58
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out of 100
Based on 19 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Andy Garcia
Sean Casey
Lena Olin
Peggy Lindstrom
Richard Dreyfuss
Sam Vigoda
Ian Holm
Liam Casey
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