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Tightrope

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Tightrope
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R,1hr 57min
Genres:
Drama,Action
Released:
August 17, 1984
Director:
Richard Tuggle
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya  ...more
Synopsis: Clint Eastwood plays a New Orleans detective determined to track down a serial killer of prostitutes. Complicating matters is the fact that the unknown culprit is very likely an S&M fetishist....and so is Eastwood. The detective is profoundly disturbed at the likelihood that he and the killer have the same taste in women; this element of the case is equally troublesome for psychologist Genevieve Bujold, who finds herself attracted to Eastwood. The climax involves the killer's attempting to throw ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
Sort of a lurid variation on a Dirty Harry movie, Tightrope plumbs darker psycho-sexual depths than the usual mainstream detective film. In a particularly challenging role, Clint Eastwood plays the homicide detective who finds that his "deviant" sexual predilections mirror the ones of the serial killer he is chasing. As Dirty Harry, Eastwood helped to blur the lines between cop and criminal, but this ... Full Review
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Clint Eastwood
Wes Block
Geneviève Bujold
Beryl Thibodeaux
Dan Hedaya
Detective Molinari
Alison Eastwood
Amanda Block
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