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Tightrope (1984)

Tightrope poster
Directed by
Richard Tuggle
Genre
action film, slasher film, crime film, neo-noir, erotic thriller
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 389 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A New Orleans detective tracks a serial killer who targets women. He starts a relationship with a feminist activist who helps him understand the case and his own conflicted feelings.

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What happens

Tightrope is a 1984 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed and written by Richard Tuggle and produced by and starring Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood and Jennifer Beck. Tightrope received mostly positive reviews from critics, crediting the performance of the villain, the relationship between Eastwood and Bujold. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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