| Love Walked In | |
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Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Juan José Campanella |
| Produced by | Ricardo Freixa |
| Written by | Juan José Campanella Lynn Geller Larry Golin (screenplay) José Pablo Feinmann (novel) |
| Starring | Denis Leary Terence Stamp Aitana Sánchez-Gijón Michael Badalucco Danny Nucci J.K. Simmons Moira Kelly Jeremy Webb |
| Music by | Wendy Blackstone |
| Cinematography | Daniel Shulman |
| Editing by | Darren Kloomok |
| Distributed by | Tri-Star Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 18, 1997 (Sundance Film Festival) |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Love Walked In is a 1997 American film noir drama/thriller film directed by Juan José Campanella, based on the novel Ni el Tiro del Final by Argentine novelist and political columnist José Pablo Feinmann.
Jack (Denis Leary) is a world-weary pianist and writer in a lounge named the Blue Cat. His wife, Vicki (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón), is a songstress who has a way with the pseudo George Gershwin (the film takes its title from the Gershwin song "Love Walked In") tunes his husband writes. The couple is desperately poor after 10 years of touring crummy clubs.
Meanwhile, Fred Moore (Terence Stamp), the club owner, is captivated by the beauty of Vicki. Moore is married to a wealthy woman (known only as Mrs. Moore ; Marj Dusay), whom he admits to having married for her money. Although Fred is a faithful husband, the jealous Mrs. Moore has hired Eddie (Michael Badalucco), a private detective who happens to be an old friend of Jack's, to gather evidence of Fred's infidelity. Having come up with nothing, the sleazy detective begs Jack to help by arranging for Vicki to seduce Fred in front of a hidden camera.
While this is going on Jack is also writing a story set in the 1930s, a noiresque crime thriller, which the viewer sees inter cut in imaginary scenes as Jack narrates. This secondary story is also telling the story of what happens with Jack and Vicki in a subtle way.