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
occult detective
Rank
#30 in 1987·#2762 overall
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3.7 / 5
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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
Elliott Kastner
Producer
Andrew G. Vajna
Executive Producer
William Hjortsberg
Novel
Leslie A. Pope
Set Decoration
Risa Bramon Garcia
Casting
Kristi Zea
Art Direction
Popular Reviews
281 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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Kamil Kurkiewicz
1.0★ · 05/24/26
murzyńsko-satanistyczny bełkot 🤮..... De Niro ty diable pokaż swoje rogi...
murzyńsko-satanistyczny bełkot 🤮..... De Niro ty diable pokaż swoje rogi...
Anissone
8.0★ · 05/14/26
De Niro plays his role really well. Him being Lucifer was pretty obvious, while instead the other twist caught me off guard, especially the whole thing with the girl (his daughter) reminded me of another movie (I won’t say which to avoid spoilers, but if you know, you know). The elevator, descending throughout the film, bringing him down to hell is a great metaphor and probably my favorite part symbolically. I wasn’t flabbergasted, but I really liked the vibe and atmosphere of the movie. I got a thing about chickens!
De Niro plays his role really well. Him being Lucifer was pretty obvious, while instead the other twist caught me off guard, especially the whole thing with the girl (his daughter) reminded me of another movie (I won’t say which to avoid spoilers, but if you know, you know). The elevator, descending throughout the film, bringing him down to hell is a great metaphor and probably my favorite part symbolically. I wasn’t flabbergasted, but I really liked the vibe and atmosphere of the movie. I got a thing about chickens!
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
Nick
7.0★ · 04/27/26
Someone please cut his nails pleaseee!! I really enjoyed it although the plot twist and the effects at the end make it to be something stupid and funny (I first watched mickey rourke in the wrestler and i hadn't the slightest idea who the protagonist was until i read the crew)
Someone please cut his nails pleaseee!! I really enjoyed it although the plot twist and the effects at the end make it to be something stupid and funny (I first watched mickey rourke in the wrestler and i hadn't the slightest idea who the protagonist was until i read the crew)
