

Tightrope
A cop on the edge.
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
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6.2/10
408 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $48.1M
- Language
- English
- prostitute
- new orleans, louisiana
- serial killer
- series of murders
- police detective
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR17 Aug 1984
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical182 Nov 1984
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1610 Jan 1985
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1614 Jun 1990
IrelandIE
- Theatrical182 Nov 1984
JapanJP
- TheatricalR18+15 Sept 1984
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1812 Apr 1985
SpainES
- Theatrical1825 Jan 1985
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1517 Aug 1984
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Tightrope was released on 17 August 1984.
Audience reviews
3- J8/10
John Chard
3/8/2014
The Doppleganger disease. Tightrope is directed by Richard Tuggle and Clint Eastwood, Tuggle writes the screenplay. It stars Eastwood, Genevieve Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood and Rod Masterson. Music is by Lennie Niehaus and cinematography by Bruce Surtees. New Orleans and Detective Wes Block is plunged into a hunt for a rapist serial killer that brings out his own deviant peccadilloes. One of Eastwoo…
- W6/10
Wuchak
3/8/2019
***Dramatic, melancholic Eastwood detective flick set in New Orleans*** A divorced detective in New Orleans (Clint Eastwood) juggles raising two daughters, pursing a serial rapist/killer, cultivating a romantic relationship (Geneviève Bujold) and dealing with his own dark side, which he realizes is too close for comfort to the killer. “Tightrope” (1984) is another Eastwood detective flick, but it’s not as ente…
- R6/10
r96sk
1/31/2022
How is this not super entertaining? <em>'Tightrope'</em> should have all the ingredients to make the viewer be on the edge of their seat, and yet I really didn't care much for it. Clint Eastwood, who apparently took over unofficially as director from Richard Tuggle during filming, gives a solid performance and the bond with his character's children is cute. However, the story just didn't do anything for me. It'…
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