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1986·102 min·Released

The Big Easy

“He's got to hide the truth. She'll stop at nothing to find it. But tonight, everything's off the record.”

Drama
Action
Crime
Mystery

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 & Crew

Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid

Remy McSwain

Ellen Barkin

Ellen Barkin

Anne Osborne

Ned Beatty

Ned Beatty

Jack Kellom

John Goodman

John Goodman

Andre DeSoto

Lisa Jane Persky

Lisa Jane Persky

McCabe

Ebbe Roe Smith

Ebbe Roe Smith

Ed Dodge

Tom O'Brien

Tom O'Brien

Bobby McSwain

Charles Ludlam

Charles Ludlam

Lamar Parmentel

Grace Zabriskie

Grace Zabriskie

Mama

Marc Lawrence

Marc Lawrence

Vinnie 'The Cannon' DiMotti

Solomon Burke

Solomon Burke

Daddy Mention

Gailard Sartain

Gailard Sartain

Chef Paul

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JPV852

Written on 5/16/2023

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**

Wuchak

Written on 12/2/2024

**_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,” Eastwood’s “Tightrope” and Gere’s “No Mercy,” the latter of which came out just months before this. “Cop Land” was obviously influenced by it a decade later. It’s rich with the ambiance of NOLA, including Cajun, zydeco, R&B, and gospel music in the soundtrack. Many praise Quaid’s thick Cajun accent while others view it as overdone. I side with the latter but, then, I tend not to care about accents in movies, so it’s all good (for me). It just seems Dennis’ head detective comes across too convivial, but this can be explained by the fact that Quaid later admitted to being coked-up during the shoot in which he was only sleeping one hour a night. Nevertheless, both Dennis and Ellen consider this the favorite of the many films they've made. While it was overpraised at the time of release and I’d watch “Cat People” and “Cop Land” over it any day, it’s superior to “Fuzz” and certainly worth checking out for those interested. Aside from the amusing (and sometimes grisly) dramatics, not to mention Barkin’s beauty, I liked the insightful commentary on legalism: If you want to get technical about it, people break laws every day, like jaywalking. But what if you ARE the Law? Where do you draw the moral line? How much is too far? Where is the proverbial point of no return? It runs 1 hour, 41 minutes, and was shot in New Orleans. GRADE: B-

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The Big Easy - Trailer

The Big Easy - Trailer