Directed by:
Sidney LumetScreenplay:
Robert J. AvrechCinematography:
Andrzej BartkowiakComposer:
Jerry BockCast:
Melanie Griffith, John Pankow, Tracy Pollan, Eric Thal, Lee Richardson, Mia Sara, Jamey Sheridan, Jake Weber, James Gandolfini, Rena Sofer, Jack Gill (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Orthodox Judaism and the larger, secular world clash as gorgeous gentile cop Melanie Griffith goes undercover (and then under the covers) when she falls in love with a Hasidic Jew (Eric Thal) from Brooklyn while investigating a murder case. Think Witness with rebbes substituted for the Amish. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Melanie Griffith
USA
Best movies:
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998) (concert)
RKO 281 (1999) (TV movie)
Nobody's Fool (1994)
John Pankow
USA
Best movies:
Life as a House (2001)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
The Secret of My Succe$s (1987)
Tracy Pollan
USA
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Inventing Anna (2022) (series)
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
Strangers (1992)
Eric Thal
USA
Best movies:
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
Samson and Delilah (1996) (TV movie)
Lee Richardson
USA
Best movies:
Brubaker (1980)
Network (1976) - narrator
Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Mia Sara
USA
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Till We Meet Again (1989) (series)
Call of the Wild (1992) (TV movie)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Jamey Sheridan
USA
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Sully (2016)
Spotlight (2015)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Jake Weber
UK
Best movies:
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Meet Joe Black (1998)
James Gandolfini
USA
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The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
True Romance (1993)
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV movie)
Rena Sofer
USA
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Traffic (2000)
Keeping the Faith (2000)
Strangers (1992)
Jack Gill
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Erin Brockovich (2000)
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Stanley & Iris (1990)
David Margulies
USA
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Ghostbusters (1984)
Running on Empty (1988)
All That Jazz (1979)
Christopher Collins
USA
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Rover Dangerfield (1991)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
Dean Rader-Duval
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Carlito's Way (1993)
The Doors (1991)
Lock Up (1989)
David Rosenbaum
Best movies:
Kojak: It's Always Something (1990) (TV movie)
Strangers (1992)
Burtt Harris
USA
Best movies:
The Verdict (1982)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Drunks (1995)
Eleanor Reissa
USA
Maurice Schell
France
Jim Lovelett
USA
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F/X (1986)
Changing Lanes (2002)
Kansas (1988)