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.
[edit] Plot
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.
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