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Tightrope
A cop on the edge.
( Crime / Horror / Mystery / Thriller )


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US Runtime: 115 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Aug 17, 1984   [USA]
 
Director: Richard Tuggle   [Director]
 
Writer: Richard Tuggle   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Clint Eastwood   [Producer]
Fritz Manes   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Bruce Surtees   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Joel Cox   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Lennie Niehaus   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Edward C. Carfagno   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Glenn Wright   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Phyllis Huffman   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Malpaso Productions   (US)
Warner Bros. Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    New Orleans single dad and cop Wes Block goes after a serial rapist-killer, but when he gets too close the hunter suddenly becomes the hunted.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood
Wes Block
Geneviève Bujold
Beryl Thibodeaux
Dan Hedaya
Det. Molinari
Alison Eastwood
Amanda Block
Jenny Beck
Penny Block
Marco St. John
Leander Rolfe
Rebecca Perle
Becky Jacklin
Regina Richardson
Sarita
Randi Brooks
Jamie Cory
Jamie Rose
Melanie Silber
Margaret Howell
Judy Harper
Rebecca Clemons
Girl with Whip
Janet MacLachlan
Dr. Yarlofsky
Graham Paul
Luther
Bill Holliday
Police Chief
John Wilmot
Medical Examiner
Margie O'Dair
Mrs. Holstein
Joy N. Houck Jr.
Swap Meet Owner
Stuart Baker-Bergen
Blond Surfer
Donald Barber
Shorty
Robert Harvey
Lonesome Alice
Ron Gural
Coroner Dudley
Layton Martens
Sgt. Surtees
 
Richard Charles Boyle
Dr. Fitzpatrick
Becki Davis
Nurse
Jonathan Sachar
Gay Boy
Valerie Thibodeaux
Black Hooker
Lionel Ferbos
Plainclothes Gus
Eliott Keener
Sandoval
Cary Wilmot Alden
Secretary
David Valdes
Manes
James Borders
Carfagno
Fritz Manes
Valdes
Jonathan Shaw
Quono
Don Lutenbacher
Dixie President
G. Wood
Conventioneer
Kimberly Georgoulis
Sam
Glenda Byers
Lucy Davis
John Schluter
Piazza Cop
Nick Kreiger
Rannigan
Lloyd Nelson
Patrolman Restic
David Dahlgren
Patrolman Julio
Rod Masterson
Patrolman Gallo
Glenn Wright
Patrolman Redfish
Angela Hill
Woman Reporter
Ted Saari
T.V. News Technician
 
 

Uncredited Cast:


Tommy Gotti Coleman
Reporter (uncredited)
 
 

Stunt Crew:


George Orrison
Stunts
George Orrison
Stunt Double
Buddy Van Horn
Stunts
 
Buddy Van Horn
Stunt Coordinator
Buddy Van Horn
Stunt Double
 

Sound Crew:


Rick Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Neil Burrow
Sound Effects Editor
Gordon Davidson
Sound Effects Editor
Les Fresholtz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
William B. Kaplan
Sound Mixer
 
Alan Robert Murray
Supervising Sound Editor
Alan Robert Murray
Sound Effects Editor
Vern Poore
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Chester Slomka
Sound Effects Editor
Jules Strasser
Boom Operator
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Joseph A. Unsinn
Special Effects
 
 

Art Department:


Edward Aiona
Property Master
Ernie Bishop
Set Decoration
Airick Kredell
Leadman
 
Bob Lawless
Standby Painter
Michael Muscarella
Construction Coordinator
 

Directing Crew:


L. Dean Jones Jr.
Second Assistant Director
Paul Moen
Second Assistant Director
 
David Valdes
First Assistant Director
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Kirk Bales
Dolly Grip
Billy Bragg
Camera Operator
Sal Camacho
Assistant Camera
Jack N. Green
Camera Operator
Charles Saldaña III
Key Grip
Leo J. Napolitano
Assistant Camera
 
Victor Perez
Best Boy Electric
Bruce D. Spellman
Grip
Tom Stern
Gaffer
Johnny Walker
Assistant Camera
Jeff Wolf
Assistant Camera
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Deborah Hopper
Wardrobe Coordinator
 
Glenn Wright
Wardrobe Supervisor
 
 

Other Crew:


Paul Calabria
Animal Wrangler
 
 

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