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.
Directed by Alan Parker
new york city
amnesia
heart
southern usa
voodoo
detective
drug addiction
new orleans, louisiana
investigation
neurosis
sanatorium
surrealism
satanist
sale of soul
pact with the devil
times square
satan
flashback
murder
vision
soul selling
psychological thriller
church
drugs
devil
incest
private detective
missing person
mephistopheles
satanic ritual
beelzebub
devil worship
neo-noir
faustian pact
beating heart
never aging
ceiling fan
Rank
#25 in 1987·#2342 overall
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Cast
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
Crew
Alan Parker
Director
Alan Parker
Screenplay
Trevor Jones
Original Music Composer
Michael Seresin
Director of Photography
Mario Kassar
Executive Producer
Alan Marshall
Producer
Andrew G. Vajna
Executive Producer
Elliott Kastner
Producer
Risa Bramon Garcia
Casting
Kristi Zea
Art Direction
Leslie A. Pope
Set Decoration
William Hjortsberg
Novel
Popular Reviews
381 reviews
Max Servetar
6.9★ · 08/22/25
No one does sweaty and on the verge of mania like Rourke. Great New Orleans movie.
No one does sweaty and on the verge of mania like Rourke. Great New Orleans movie.
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Mokol
6.0★ · 04/29/26
Αισθητικά πολυ όμορφο ταινιακι αλλα μου φάνηκε προβλέψιμο. Ωραίος διάβολος ο Μπομπ, θα ήθελα περισσότερο
Αισθητικά πολυ όμορφο ταινιακι αλλα μου φάνηκε προβλέψιμο. Ωραίος διάβολος ο Μπομπ, θα ήθελα περισσότερο
1
michi
6.0★ · 02/23/25
cried over all that wasted crawfish
cried over all that wasted crawfish
1
Ciyunviro
8.0★ · 07/06/26
Lou Cyphre et ça m’est passé sous le nez nan c’est trop la wonte
Lou Cyphre et ça m’est passé sous le nez nan c’est trop la wonte
