It started with a shootout on a rainswept street and ended in a scandal that shattered New York.
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York City leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
- Harm to children
- Suicide or self-harm
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and contemporary.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Al PacinoMayor John Pappas
- John CusackKevin Calhoun
- Bridget FondaMarybeth Cogan
- Danny AielloFrank Anselmo
- Martin LandauJudge Walter Stern
- David PaymerAbe Goodman
- Anthony FranciosaPaul Zapatti
- Lindsay DuncanSydney Pappas
- Luna Lauren VélezElaine Santos
- Richard SchiffLarry Schwartz
Crew
- Harold BeckerDirector
- Bo GoldmanWriter
- Ken LipperWriter
- Paul SchraderWriter
- John CorsoDirector of Photography
- Michael SeresinDirector of Photography
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- David BrethertonEditor
- Robert C. JonesEditor
- Harold BeckerProducer
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