Night Falls on Manhattan [Blu-ray]

Director: Sidney Lumet Sidney Lumet

Overview

The delineation between good and evil and cops and robbers is tantalizingly unclear in this intelligent and cliche-free crime drama from Sidney Lumet that is based on Tainted Evidence, a popular novel from Robert Daley. Two members of New York's finest are about to bust one of the city's most powerful drug lords when something goes terribly awry. The ensuing shoot-out involves three precincts, and, following the dealer's escape, three officers are dead and one is critically wounded. Later the pusher turns himself over to prominent defense lawyer Sam Vigoda (Richard Dreyfuss). The politically ambitious district attorney Morgenstern (Ron Liebman) appoints promising rookie lawyer and ex-cop Sean Casey (Andy Garcia) to prosecute the dealer. The catch is that Sean is the son of the badly wounded cop, 37-year veteran Liam Casey (Ian Holm). Sean is talented but no go-getter; he is also extremely naive and truly believes that all cops are honest, especially his own father. The case goes smoothly, Sean wins, his father survives, and he even finds himself the object of a young woman's affection. Things are going great until a corpse is fished out of the harbor and poor Sean finds himself caught up in an increasingly tangled web of corruption and deceit that leaves him unable to make much distinction between the police and the criminals.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/07/2024
UPC:	0760137145943
Original Release:	1997
Rating:	R
Source:	Arrow Video
Language:	English
Time:	1:53:00
Sales rank:	4,917

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Andy Garcia	Sean Casey
Lena Olin	Peggy Lindstrom
Richard Dreyfuss	Sam Vigoda
Ian Holm	Liam Casey
Ron Leibman	Morgenstern
James Gandolfini	Joey Allegretto
Colm Feore	Elihu Harrison
Shiek Mahmud-Bey	Jordan Washington
Dominic Chianese	Actor
Paul Guilfoyle	McGovern
Bonnie Rose	Actor
Norman Matlock	Actor
Sidney Armus	Actor
James Murtaugh	Actor
Melba Martinez	Actor
Santo Fazio	Actor
Anthony Alessandro	Actor
David Wolos-Fonteno	Actor
John Seitz	Actor
Stephen Beach	Actor
Nafisah Sayyed	Actor
Vincent Pastore	Actor
Robert Sean Miller	Actor
Marcia J. Kurtz	Actor
Jude Ciccolella	Actor
John Randolph Jones	Actor
Chuck Pfeiffer	Actor
Clark D. Williams	Actor
Tamara Phillips	Actor
Louis Guss	Actor
Richard Bright	Actor
Ronald Von Klaussen	Actor
John DiBenedetto	Actor
Kevin Ramsey	Actor
Kermit Frazier	Actor
Veronica Hall	Actor
Vic Noto	Police Diver Cochran
Jim Moody	Mayor
Socorro Santiago	Actor
Fran Anthony	Actor
Kaity Tong	Actor
Jack Cafferty	Actor
Bill Boggs	Actor
Donna Hanover	Actor
Allen Collodow	Actor
Dennis Paladino	Actor
Mike Cammallere	Actor
Jim Mauro	Actor
Salvatore Paul Piro	Actor
Frank Vincent	Actor
Mike Sheehan	Actor
Joe Mosso	Actor
Teddy Coluca	Actor
Roslyn Cohn	Actor
Elliot Cuker	Actor
Yvette Mercedes	Actor
Kristina Lear	Actor
Joe Drago	Actor
Catherine Schreiber	Actor
Bobby Cannavale	Actor
Mark Isham	Composer
Wynton Marsalis	Composer

Technical Credits

Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet	Director,Screenwriter
Kerry Barden	Casting
Connie Brink	Special Effects
Jack Gill	Stunts
Billy Hopkins	Casting
Josh Kramer	Producer
Thom Mount	Producer
Suzanne Smith	Casting
Les Lasarowitz	Sound/Sound Designer
John H. Starke	Producer