Tightrope (1984)

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Tightrope (1984)

Directed by
Richard Tuggle

Plot summary:
In Richard Tuggle's serial-killer thriller Tightrope, Clint Eastwood delivers one of his best performances as Wes Block, a New Orleans detective investigating a series of sadistic sex murders in the French Quarter. All of the victims were attractive, promiscuous, and, more importantly, recent sexual conquests of Block's. Block, a recently divorced man with two young daughters at home, is sexually frustrated and has taken a liking to rough and kinky sex; in essence, the killer is acting as Block's violent Id, and with each new corpse the killer is getting closer and closer to him. Along the way, Block strikes up an interesting relationship with a rape counselor (played by Geneviève Bujold), whose up-frontness breaks through Block's guarded manner and puts a mirror up to him, and he doesn't like what he sees. Soon, Block begins questioning his own moral sanity, with the unnerving knowledge that he and the killer are alike in more ways he'd care to admit.

Cast:

	Clint Eastwood	....	Capt. Wes Block
	Geneviève Bujold	....	Beryl Thibodeaux
	Dan Hedaya	....	Det. Molinari
	Alison Eastwood	....	Amanda Block
	Jenny Beck	....	Penny Block (as Jennifer Beck)
	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 (as George Wood)
	Kimberly Georgoulis	....	Sam
	Glenda Byers	....	Lucy Davis (as Glenda Byars)
	John Schluter	....	Piazza Cop (as John Schluter Jr.)
	Nick Krieger	....	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