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Tightrope

A cop on the edge.

6.2(408)19841h 55m3

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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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$48.1M
Language
English
  • prostitute
  • new orleans, louisiana
  • serial killer
  • series of murders
  • police detective

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Behind the camera

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United States of America

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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

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  • J

    John Chard

    3/8/2014

    8/10

    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…

  • W

    Wuchak

    3/8/2019

    6/10

    ***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…

  • R

    r96sk

    1/31/2022

    6/10

    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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