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Tightrope( 1984)

TV-MAMysteryThrillerCrimeHorror
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A cop on the edge.

Overview

Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Clint Eastwood

      Wes Block

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      Geneviève Bujold

      Beryl Thibodeaux

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      Dan Hedaya

      Det. Molinari

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      Alison Eastwood

      Amanda Block

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      Jenny Beck

      Penny Block

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      Marco St. John

      Leander Rolfe

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      Rebecca Perle

      Becky Jacklin

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      Regina Richardson

      Sarita

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      Randi Brooks

      Jamie Cory

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      Jamie Rose

      Melanie Silber

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      Margaret Howell

      Judy Harper

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      Rebecca Clemons

      Girl with Whip

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      Janet MacLachlan

      Dr. Yarlofsky

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      Graham Paul

      Luther

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      Bill Holliday

      Police Chief

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      John Wilmot

      Medical Examiner

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      Margie O'Dair

      Mrs. Holstein

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      Joy N. Houck Jr.

      Swap Meet Owner

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      Stuart Baker-Bergen

      Blond Surfer

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      Donald Barber

      Shorty

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      Robert Harvey

      Lonesome Alice

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      Ron Gural

      Coroner Dudley

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      Layton Martens

      Sgt. Surtees

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      Richard Charles Boyle

      Dr. Fitzpatrick

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      Becki Davis

      Nurse

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      Jonathan Sachar

      Gay Boy

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      Valerie Thibodeaux

      Black Hooker

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      Lionel Ferbos

      Plainclothes Gus

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      Eliott Keener

      Sandoval

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      Cary Wilmot Alden

      Secretary

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      David Valdes

      Manes

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      James Borders

      Carfagno

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      Fritz Manes

      Valdes

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      Jonathan Shaw

      Quono

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      Don Lutenbacher

      Dixie President

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      G. Wood

      Conventioneer

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      Kimberly Georgoulis

      Sam

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      Glenda Byers

      Lucy Davis

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      John Schluter

      Piazza Cop

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      Nick Kreiger

      Rannigan

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      Lloyd Nelson

      Patrolman Restic

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      David Dahlgren

      Patrolman Julio

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      Rod Masterson

      Patrolman Gallo

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      Glenn Wright

      Patrolman Redfish

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      Angela Hill

      Woman Reporter

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      Ted Saari

      T.V. News Technician

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      Tommy Gotti Coleman

      Reporter (uncredited)

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    Review 3Discussion

    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sat Mar 08 2014
    The Doppleganger disease. Tightrope is directed by Richard Tuggle and Clint Eastwood, Tuggle writes the screenplay. It stars Eastwood, Genevieve Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood and Rod Masterson. Music is by Lennie Niehaus and cinematography by Bruce Surtees. New Orleans and Detective Wes Block is plunged into a hunt for a rapist serial killer that brings out his own deviant peccadilloes. One of Eastwood’s best movies also happens to be one of his most under appreciated, the actor challenging himself to explore a darker characterisation than the iconographic ones he was most famed...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    48143579.00

    Keywords

    • prostitute
    • new orleans, louisiana
    • serial killer
    • series of murders
    • police detective