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Tightrope

Tightrope

6,2 /10 (385 Votes)
1984 EN 115 min

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.

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Release date

17/08/1984

Votes

385

Popularity

1.9

A cop on the edge.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

115 min

Revenue

$48,143,579

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Wes Block

Geneviève Bujold

Geneviève Bujold

Beryl Thibodeaux

Dan Hedaya

Dan Hedaya

Det. Molinari

Alison Eastwood

Alison Eastwood

Amanda Block

Jenny Beck

Jenny Beck

Penny Block

Marco St. John

Marco St. John

Leander Rolfe

Rebecca Perle

Rebecca Perle

Becky Jacklin

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Regina Richardson

Sarita

Randi Brooks

Randi Brooks

Jamie Cory

Jamie Rose

Jamie Rose

Melanie Silber

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Margaret Howell

Judy Harper

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Rebecca Clemons

Girl with Whip

Janet MacLachlan

Janet MacLachlan

Dr. Yarlofsky

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Graham Paul

Luther

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Bill Holliday

Police Chief

John Wilmot

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

Robert Harvey

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

Becki Davis

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

Eliott Keener

Eliott Keener

Sandoval

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Cary Wilmot Alden

Secretary

David Valdes

David Valdes

Manes

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James Borders

Carfagno

Fritz Manes

Fritz Manes

Valdes

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Jonathan Shaw

Quono

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Don Lutenbacher

Dixie President

G. Wood

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

David Dahlgren

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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John Chard

John Chard

2014-03-08

⭐ 8

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 fame…

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Wuchak

Wuchak

2019-03-08

⭐ 6

***Dramatic, melancholic Eastwood detective flick set in New Orleans*** A divorced detective in New Orleans (Clint Eastwood) juggles raising two daughters, pursing a serial rapist/killer, cultivating a romantic relationship (Geneviève Bujold) and dealing with his own dark side, which he realizes is too close for comfort to the killer. “Tightrope” (1984) is another Eastwood detective flick, but it’s not as entertaining and compelling as his Dirty Harry films or “The Gauntlet” (1977). It’s darker, more dramatic and brooding, not to mention a tad sleazy. This may bring to mind the original…

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r96sk

r96sk

2022-01-31

⭐ 6

How is this not super entertaining? <em>'Tightrope'</em> should have all the ingredients to make the viewer be on the edge of their seat, and yet I really didn't care much for it. Clint Eastwood, who apparently took over unofficially as director from Richard Tuggle during filming, gives a solid performance and the bond with his character's children is cute. However, the story just didn't do anything for me. It's not particularly unnerving, despite a dark on paper story, and it's rather predictable - the villain... well, the villain I've already forgotten about and I only finished watchin…

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