The Big Easy

Name: The Big Easy
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1986-11-27
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.224

★ 6,2 /10 (214 Votes)

1986 EN 102 min

Overview

Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.

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Release date

27/11/1986

Votes

214

Popularity

2.8

He's got to hide the truth. She'll stop at nothing to find it. But tonight, everything's off the record.

Genres

Drama Action Crime Mystery

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

102 min

Budget

$8,500,000

Revenue

$17,685,307

Dennis Quaid

Remy McSwain

Ellen Barkin

Anne Osborne

Ned Beatty

Jack Kellom

John Goodman

Andre DeSoto

Lisa Jane Persky

McCabe

Ebbe Roe Smith

Ed Dodge

Tom O'Brien

Bobby McSwain

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Charles Ludlam

Lamar Parmentel

Grace Zabriskie

Mama

Marc Lawrence

Vinnie 'The Cannon' DiMotti

Solomon Burke

Daddy Mention

Gailard Sartain

Chef Paul

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Jim Chimento

Freddie Angelo

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Edward Saint Pe'

Patrolman

Robert Lesser

'Silky' Foster

Jim Garrison

Judge #2

Carol Sutton

Judge #1

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Decent enough mystery-thriller-romance features good performances from Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin. It is on the predictable side but still entertaining enough. **3.5/5**

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**_Good ol’ boys on the take in New Orleans with Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin_** A new DA assistant (Barkin) arrives in town and zeroes-in on corruption in the force. While the head detective (Quaid) cozies up to her, they try to solve a curious mob-oriented slaying. Ned Beatty, John Goodman, Lisa Jane Persky and Ebbe Roe Smith are on hand as members in the agency. "The Big Easy" (1987) has the office camaraderie of Burt Reynolds’ “Fuzz” from fourteen years prior meshed with the milieu and more serious tone of “Cat People,” Eastwood’s “Tightrope” and Gere’s “No Mercy,” the latter of wh…

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