Synopsis
Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.
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Cast
- Jeff BridgesRichard Bone
- John HeardAlex Cutter
- Lisa EichhornMaureen Cutter, 'Mo'
- Ann DusenberryValerie Duran
- Stephen ElliottJ. J. Cord
- Arthur RosenbergGeorge Swanson
- Nina van PallandtWoman in the Hotel
- Patricia DonahueMrs. Cord
- Geraldine BaronSusie Swanson
- Katherine PassToyota Woman
Recommandations
- 100
Empire
Eichhorn, who should have had a much bigger career, is luminous as the sad-eyed heroine, while Heard pulls off the showy role - especially in a climax that finds him rampaging through a posh party at the Cord estate in search of justice. - 100
The Guardian
Cutter's Way is a movie that starts yielding up its real treasures around the third viewing, so stick with it (you'll hate the ending first time out). I've seen it perhaps 30 times – it may be my favourite American movie – and, unlike its three broken leads, I have still yet to hit bottom. For once, the word is appropriate: masterpiece. - 100
TV Guide Magazine
A fiercely powerful film... An inspiring film, it is constructed like a thriller; but instead of reaching for thrills, it leaves them in the background and concentrates on the complexities of its characters. - 100
Time Out
Czech director Ivan Passer’s use of late-summer light is rich and entrancing, while Bridges and Heard give their all: the latter delivers a performance of spectacular rage and intensity. The result is nothing less than a modern masterpiece, and a film ripe for rediscovery. - 100
Total Film
The three leads are on outstanding form, while Jack Nitzsche's score shimmers with foreboding. - 90
The Telegraph
It’s an underrated classic. - 80
The Guardian
An unclassifiably brilliant gem of American independent film-making. - 75
Slant Magazine
One of the final triumphs of the New Hollywood era, Cutter’s Way belongs on the shelf of fans of both Cassavetian hyperreal melodrama and Pakula-esque political thrillers.
