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Tightrope

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Original title

Tightrope

Year

1984

Running time

114 min.

Country

United States

Director

Richard Tuggle

Screenwriter

Richard Tuggle

Cast

Music

Lennie Niehaus

Cinematography

Bruce Surtees

Producer

Warner Bros., Malpaso Productions

Genre

Mystery. Thriller | Serial Killers. Cop Movies. Crime

Synopsis

Wes Block (Clint Eastwood) is a New Orleans police detective on the trail of a vicious killer who has been slaying the prostitutes and massage parlor girls who work the French Quarter. Surprisingly, the murderer and Wes have something in common: they both enjoy the kinky services of the working girls of New Orleans. As he begins to learn more about the killer, he realizes that there are similarities between himself and his quarry. Eastwood's performance is one of his best.

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Critics' reviews

"Clint Eastwood can get rich making Dirty Harry movies, but he continues to change and experiment, and that makes him the most interesting of the box-office megastars. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"It is not in most respects more than an ordinary thriller; were it not an Eastwood picture, it would be instantly forgettable"

Bill Cosford: Miami Herald
"A suspenseful, involving detective drama with one of the screen's most durable tough-guy heroes, doing what he does best and still managing to show something new."

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"Action is well-handled, as Tuggle demonstrates ample storytelling talent and draws a multitude of nuances from his cast."

Variety Staff: Variety
"Tuggle keeps whomping us on the skull with good-evil symbolism, but the movie has no more depth than the usual exploitation film in which pretty girls are knocked off."

Pauline Kael: The New Yorker
"There isn't much conceptual or stylistic integrity in Tightrope. It's calculated to function at the most expedient and spurious levels of nightmarish artifice"

Gary Arnold: The Washington Post
"Writer-director Richard Tuggle (...) gives Tightrope a quietly effective tension and suspense"

Newsweek
"A film about desire and its control is hardly what one might expect, but then Eastwood has always been Hollywood's most experimental star. And he's still one of the best."

Time Out

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