JPV852
Decent enough mystery-thriller-romance features good performances from Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin. It is on the predictable side but still entertaining enough. 3.5/5
The Big Easy
- Drama
- Action
- Crime
- Mystery
11/27/1986
102
R
A cop and a lady lawyer caught in an explosive truth of police corruption.
Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.
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Cast
Ellen BarkinAnne Osborne
Ned BeattyJack Kellom- John GoodmanAndre DeSoto
- Lisa Jane PerskyMcCabe
- Ebbe Roe SmithEd Dodge
- Tom O'BrienBobby McSwain
- Charles LudlamLamar Parmentel
- Grace ZabriskieMama
- Marc LawrenceVinnie 'The Cannon' DiMotti
- Solomon BurkeDaddy Mention
- Gailard SartainChef Paul
- Jim ChimentoFreddie Angelo
Edward Saint Pe'Patrolman- Robert Lesser'Silky' Foster
- Jim GarrisonJudge #2
- Carol SuttonJudge #1
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Wuchak
Good ol boys on the take in New Orleans with Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin
A new DA assistant (Barkin) arrives in town and zeroes-in on corruption in the force. While the head detective (Quaid) cozies up to her, they try to solve a curious mob-oriented slaying. Ned Beatty, John Goodman, Lisa Jane Persky and Ebbe Roe Smith are on hand as members in the agency.
"The Big Easy" (1987) has the office camaraderie of Burt Reynolds Fuzz from fourteen years prior meshed with the milieu and more serious tone of Cat People, Eastwoods Tightrope and Geres No Mercy, the latter of which came out just months before this. Cop Land was obviously influenced by it a decade later.
Its rich with the ambiance of NOLA, including Cajun, zydeco, R&B...