A down-and-out Brooklyn detective is hired to track down a singer on an odyssey that will take him through the desperate streets of Harlem, the smoke-filled jazz clubs of New Orleans, and the swamps of Louisiana and its seedy underworld of voodoo.
Acting
Rourke's physical decay mirrors his character's unraveling—method before it was cool.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like it smells: cigarettes, blood, and bayou rot.
Score
Trevor Jones's sax-heavy nightmare soundtrack that never lets you relax.
Director
Alan Parker
Mickey Rourke
Harry Angel
Robert De Niro
Louis Cyphre
Lisa Bonet
Epiphany Proudfoot
Charlotte Rampling
Margaret Krusemark
Stocker Fontelieu
Ethan Krusemark
Brownie McGhee
Toots Sweet
Michael Higgins
Doctor Fowler
Elizabeth Whitcraft
Connie
Eliott Keener
Sterne
Charles Gordone
Spider Simpson
Dann Florek
Winesnap
Kathleen Wilhoite
Nurse
George Buck
Izzy
Judith Drake
Izzy's Wife
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Det. Deimos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lisa Bonet's explicit scene caused Cosby Show producers to fire her; she called it 'artistic freedom,' they called it 'morality clause.'
The 'Louis Cyphre' anagram is obvious in retrospect, but Parker claimed test audiences still missed it.
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