Tightrope

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Tightrope is a 1984 neo-noir crime thriller film starring Clint Eastwood as a New Orleans detective tracking a serial killer while confronting his own darker impulses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime thriller film
film
neo-noir film
characterRole Alison Eastwood as Amanda Block NERFINISHED
Clint Eastwood as Wes Block NERFINISHED
Geneviève Bujold as Beryl Thibodeaux
cinematographyBy Bruce Surtees NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Richard Tuggle NERFINISHED
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Joel Cox NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Beryl Thibodeaux NERFINISHED
Wes Block NERFINISHED
genre crime film
neo-noir
thriller film
hasChildActor Alison Eastwood NERFINISHED
hasSubject serial murder
sexual fetishism
vigilantism
leadActorAlsoProducer Clint Eastwood NERFINISHED
mainCharacterOccupation police detective
mpaaRating R
musicBy Lennie Niehaus NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus serial killer investigation
narrativeTheme duality of human nature
police corruption
sexual violence
notableFor psychological portrayal of a morally ambiguous detective
originalLanguage English
parentStudio Warner Bros. Pictures NERFINISHED
producer Clint Eastwood NERFINISHED
Fritz Manes NERFINISHED
productionCompany Malpaso Productions NERFINISHED
protagonist Wes Block NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1984-08-17
releaseYear 1984
runtimeMinutes 114
screenwriter Richard Tuggle NERFINISHED
setInLocation New Orleans NERFINISHED
starring Alison Eastwood NERFINISHED
Clint Eastwood NERFINISHED
Dan Hedaya NERFINISHED
Geneviève Bujold NERFINISHED
starsAsDetective Clint Eastwood NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfSetting 1980s

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Alison Eastwood notableWork Tightrope
Frank Stanley notableWork Tightrope
Richard Tuggle notableWork Tightrope
Richard Tuggle workedOn Tightrope