Synopsis
Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer whose victims are young and pretty women. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.
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Cast
- Clint EastwoodWes Block
- Geneviève BujoldBeryl Thibodeaux
- Dan HedayaDet. Molinari
- Alison EastwoodAmanda Block
- Jenny BeckPenny Block
- Marco St. JohnLeander Rolfe
- Rebecca PerleBecky Jacklin
- Regina RichardsonSarita
- Randi BrooksJamie Cory
- Jamie RoseMelanie Silber
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Apart from the other good things in Tightrope, I admire it for taking chances; Clint Eastwood can get rich making Dirty Harry movies, but he continues to change and experiment, and that makes him the most interesting of the box-office megastars. - 70
The New York Times
A suspenseful, involving detective drama with one of the screen's most durable tough-guy heroes, doing what he does best and still managing to show something new. - 70
Time Out
A film about desire and its control is hardly what one might expect, but then Eastwood has always been Hollywood's most experimental star. And he's still one of the best. - 70
Variety
Action is well-handled, as Tuggle demonstrates ample storytelling talent and draws a multitude of nuances from his cast. - 70
Newsweek
This Freudian folderol is actually well handled by writer-director Richard Tuggle, who wrote the script for Eastwood's Escape From Alcatraz and here, in his first shot at directing, gives Tightrope a quietly effective tension and suspense. [27 Aug 1984, p.68] - 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
There are two ways to look at Tightrope: as a Clint Eastwood Hollywood vehicle, or as a world-class movie that deserves to be judged with the best. By the first standard, Tightrope is an exceptionally realized thriller; by the second, it is an interesting failure, a movie that loses its nerve and resolves its contradictions in the slam-bang heroics of formula moviemaking. [18 Aug 1984] - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Bruce Surtees' dark, moody cinematography is typically masterful, but its translation to video leaves some scenes a bit murky. - 50
Miami Herald
It is not in most respects more than an ordinary thriller, however; were it not an Eastwood picture, it would be instantly forgettable. [17 Aug 1984, p.D1]
