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A newly elected District Attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.A newly elected District Attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.A newly elected District Attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
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James Murtaugh
- Man in Asylum
- (as Jim Murtaugh)
David Fonteno
- Captain #1
- (as David Wolos-Fonteno)
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- TriviaThis movie is loosely based on the real-life case of Larry Davis, a drug dealer who shot six cops, but was acquitted (with William Kunstler as his lawyer) after charging that the police were trying to kill him because they were involved in the drug trade. The Manhattan District Attorney, Robert Morgenthau, was also nicknamed "Morgy".
- GoofsJudge Impelliteri's sentences are indeterminate sentences. Adding "no parole" to an indeterminate sentence makes no sense. He sentenced Washington to 3 terms of "25 years to life, with no parole." A sentence of 25 years to life is a life sentence in which you become eligible for parole after serving 25 years. He also gave Washington 2 terms of "15 to 25 years each, with no parole." This is an indeterminate sentence of 25 years where you become eligible for parole after serving 15 years.
- Quotes
Sean Casey: You were a cop, Joe. Now you're a garbage! You are nothing!
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I liked this film, this is not a great movie but it's a good one, and the most important thing was that it didn't bore me for a moment.
The performances are good, the plot is interesting and clever. What I didn't like about it was that the shots of the film looked like a movie made for TV.
The plot is about how Sean Casey ,an assistant district attorney working for just six months, improves very fast in his way up at his job but he is going to discover many dirty things about policemen and politics and is at this point where he will have to make difficult decisions that will put in text his principles.
If you like intelligent police or court movies, this one is for you.
The performances are good, the plot is interesting and clever. What I didn't like about it was that the shots of the film looked like a movie made for TV.
The plot is about how Sean Casey ,an assistant district attorney working for just six months, improves very fast in his way up at his job but he is going to discover many dirty things about policemen and politics and is at this point where he will have to make difficult decisions that will put in text his principles.
If you like intelligent police or court movies, this one is for you.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- La nit cau sobre Manhattan
- Filming locations
- New York City, New York, USA(location)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,889,670
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,933,255
- May 18, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $9,889,670
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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