The Big Easy
“He's got to hide the truth. She'll stop at nothing to find it. But tonight, everything's off the record.”
Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.
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Cast
17 people
Dennis Quaid
Remy McSwain
Known for
The Day After Tomorrow
The Parent Trap
Ellen Barkin
Anne Osborne
Known for
Animal Kingdom
Ocean's Thirteen
Ned Beatty
Jack Kellom
Known for
Rango
Toy Story 3
John Goodman
Andre DeSoto
Known for
Monsters, Inc.
10 Cloverfield Lane
Lisa Jane Persky
McCabe
Known for
When Harry Met Sally...
Coneheads
Ebbe Roe Smith
Ed Dodge
Known for
Falling Down
Turner & Hooch
Tom O'Brien
Bobby McSwain
Known for
The Astronaut's Wife
The Accused
Charles Ludlam
Lamar Parmentel
Also in
Impostors
Doomed Love
Grace Zabriskie
Mama
Known for
Twin Peaks
Big Love
Marc Lawrence
Vinnie 'The Cannon' DiMotti
Known for
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Man with the Golden Gun
Solomon Burke
Daddy Mention
Also in
The Little Death
Time of Fear
Gailard Sartain
Chef Paul
Known for
Mississippi Burning
The Patriot
Jim McBride Director · Daniel Petrie Jr. Screenplay Brad Fiedel Composer
Worldwide gross $18M · Budget $8.5M · United States release August 21, 1987
Box office
Budget
$8,500,000
Worldwide gross
$17,685,307
Gross vs. budget
2.1×
Production
Kings Road Entertainment
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Brazil · November 27, 1986
Theatrical
United States · August 21, 1987
Theatrical
Germany
August 21, 1987 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 20, 1987 · Theatrical
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