Night Falls on Manhattan

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Night Falls On Manhattan
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Directed by	Sidney Lumet
Produced by	Josh Kramer Thom Mount
Written by	Sidney Lumet
Starring	Andy Garcia Ian Holm James Gandolfini Lena Olin
Music by	Mark Isham
Cinematography	David Watkin
Editing by	Sam O'Steen
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	May 16, 1997 (USA)
Running time	114 min.
Language	English
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Night Falls On Manhattan is a 1997 film written and directed by Sidney Lumet, about a newly-appointed DA who is eager to stamp out corruption within the New York Police Department.

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Andy Garcia stars as idealistic young assistant district attorney Sean Casey. When Casey's father, New York City policeman Liam Casey (Ian Holm), is shot and critically wounded during a drug raid, the political savvy Manhattan District Attorney Morganstern (played by Ron Leibman) assigns the major, highly publicized case to the inexperienced Casey, figuring it would be good publicity for the DA's Office if the wounded officer's son were to prosecute the thug who tried to kill his father. Casey wins a conviction and in the process becomes Morganstern's protege and a media darling. When Morganstern falls ill amidst a re-election campaign, Casey is given the party's nomination and is subsequently elected as Manhattan's new district attorney. In his new position, Casey begins to discover irregularities surrounding the fateful police raid and the case that made his career. Slowly but surely, a chain of police corruption is revealed that could threaten everything.