Gambling fever -- along with a brutal bookie -- leads three crooked cops into a double-dealing scheme that lands them in hot water way over their heads.
Acting
Liotta's sweaty, trembling descent is masterclass desperation.
Cinematography
Cannon makes Phoenix feel like a fever dream of sin.
Score
Haunting jazz-noir that oozes through every frame.
Director
Danny Cannon
Ray Liotta
Harry Collins
Anthony LaPaglia
Mike Henshaw
Anjelica Huston
Leila
Daniel Baldwin
James Nutter
Jeremy Piven
Fred Shuster
Xander Berkeley
Lt. Clyde Webber
Giancarlo Esposito
Louie
Brittany Murphy
Veronica
Kari Wührer
Katie Shuster
Giovanni Ribisi
Joey Schneider
Tom Noonan
Chicago
Kathryn Joosten
Esther
Royce D. Applegate
Dickerman
Tamara Clatterbuck
Waitress
Al Sapienza
Cop
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cannon directed this between Judge Dredd and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer—his only straight noir.
Part of a forgotten 90s wave of sweaty crime noirs (After Dark, My Sweet; Romeo Is Bleeding) that flopped then, cult now.
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