HOMICIDE

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• Release Year: 1991
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: In David Mamet’s cinema, nothing is as it seems—so you better know what you’re looking for. Unfortunately, the protagonist of Mamet’s nightmarish urban odyssey Homicide, inner-city police detective Bobby Gold (Joe Mantegna), is as bewildered about who he is as who (or what) he’s after. Gold’s investigation, following the murder of an elderly Jewish candy-shop owner, leads him down a path of obscure encounters and clues, to a profound reckoning with his own identity. Filled with Mamet’s trademark verbal play and featuring standout supporting performances from William H. Macy, Ving Rhames, and Rebecca Pidgeon, Homicide is a taut, rich work from a true American original.
• Cast: Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Vincent Guastaferro, J.J. Johnston, Jack Wallace, Lionel Mark Smith, Roberta Custer, Charles Stransky, Bernard Gray, Paul Butler, Colin Stinton, Louis Murray, Christopher Kaldor, Linda Kimbrough, Robin Spielberg, Yuri Alexis, Darrell Taylor, Ron Butler, Jonathan Ridgeley, Leo Burns, Willo Hausman, Lee Michael Cohn, George Harvey, Charles Chessler, Jordan Lage, George Rogers, Steven Anderson, Elmer Aulton, Anthony Boer, Michael Hammond, Guy Johnson, Ving Rhames, Erica Gimpel, Tony Mamet, Lawrence Kopp, J.S. Block, Rebecca Pidgeon, Bob Moore, Keith Johnson, Olan Soule, Sandy Waters, Purnell McFadden, Cliff McMullen, Wesley Nelson, Mary Jefferson, Jonathan Katz, Marge Kotlisky, Jim Frangione, Natalija Nogulich, Ricky Jay, Adolph Mall, Len Hodera, Robert Bella, Gail Silver, Scott Zigler, Jerry Graff, Rick Washburn, Jim Grace, Paul Hjelmervik, James Potter, Steven Goldstein, Charlotte Potok, Andy Potok, Lynn T. Weisberg, Emily Weisberg, Alan Polonsky, Théo Cohan, Bernard Mamet, Neil Pepe, Ted Monte, Lou Kaitz, G. Roy Levin, Adam Bitterman, John Pritchett, Cheryl Chambers, Leo Trombetta, David Mamet, Roger Deakins
• Director: David Mamet
• Runtime: 1:41
• Company: Edward R. Pressman Film Corp., Bison Films, Inc., Cinehaus, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie