Light Sleeper
“He was a good man in a deadly business. She was his only way out.”
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something more acute — and dangerous — when he re-encounters an old flame while a string of seemingly drug-related murders rocks the city.
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Cast
28 people
Willem Dafoe
John LeTour
Known for
Spider-Man
Aquaman
Susan Sarandon
Ann
Known for
Thelma & Louise
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Dana Delany
Marianne Jost
Known for
Tulsa King
Desperate Housewives
David Clennon
Robert
Known for
The Thing
Gone Girl
Mary Beth Hurt
Teresa Aranow
Known for
The World According to Garp
D.A.R.Y.L.
Victor Garber
Tis Brooke
Known for
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Sicario
Jane Adams
Randi Jost
Known for
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Happiness
Sam Rockwell
Jealous
Known for
Moon
Iron Man 2
David Spade
Theological Cokehead
Known for
The Emperor's New Groove
Grown Ups
Paul Jabara
Eddie
Known for
Medea
The Lords of Flatbush
Robert Cicchini
Bill Guidone
Known for
The Watcher
Big George Foreman
Rene Rivera
Manuel
Known for
Disturbia
It Could Happen to You
Paul Schrader Director · Michael Been Composer Edward Lachman Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1.1M · Budget $5M · United States release August 21, 1992
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,055,987
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Carolco Pictures
Production
Seven Arts Pictures
Production
Grain of Sand Productions
Production
Fine Line Features
Production
Live Entertainment
Production
Seven Arts Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German · Hebrew · Italian · Spanish
Release dates
United States · January 24, 1992
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · August 21, 1992
Limited theatrical
France
March 10, 1993 · Theatrical · Visa CNC 82288
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