Overview
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
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Crew
DirectorHarold Becker
WriterRichard Price
Cast
Al Pacino
Frank Keller
Ellen Barkin
Helen Cruger
John Goodman
Sherman
Michael Rooker
Terry
William Hickey
Frank Keller Sr.
Richard Jenkins
Gruber
Paul Calderon
Serafino
Gene Canfield
Struk
Larry Joshua
Dargan
John Spencer
Lieutenant
Christine Estabrook
Gina Gallagher / Lonelyheart
Barbara Baxley
Miss Allen
Patricia Barry
Older Woman
Mark Phelan
Murdered Man
Michael O'Neill
Raymond Brown
Michael Fischetti
Doorman
Luis Antonio Ramos
Omar Maldonado
Rafael Báez
Efram Maldonado
Samuel L. Jackson
Black Guy
Damien Leake
Ernest Lee
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Keywords
new york citynewspaperpolicealcoholdetectivemurderserial killerneo-noir
Details
Budget
$19M
Revenue
$111M
TMDb Votes
684
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 2, 2026