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27/04/1990 Action, Thriller, Crime 2h 12m
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When the questions are dangerous, the answers can be deadly.

Overview

A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.

  1. Sidney Lumet

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Nick Nolte

    Mike Brennan

  2. Timothy Hutton

    Al Reilly

  3. Armand Assante

    Bobby Texador

  4. Patrick O'Neal

    Kevin Quinn

  5. Lee Richardson

    Leo Bloomenfeld

  6. Luis Guzmán

    Luis Valentin

  7. Charles S. Dutton

    Sam Chapman

  8. Jenny Lumet

    Nancy Bosch

  9. Paul Calderon

    Roger Montalvo

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by tmdb28039023
Written by tmdb28039023 on 2022-09-10
Q & A is the third entry in Sidney Lumet’s loose trilogy about NYPD corruption, and by far the most pessimistic. While Al Pacino and Treat Williams are given an admittedly tough choice in Serpico and Prince of the City, here Timothy Hutton comes to learn that one man can’t make a difference after all.

The ending is as frustrating to the viewers as it is to he hero, because we find out that the character’s hands were tied all along; instead of going over people’s heads and behind their backs, Al Reilly (Hutton) might as well have played ball from the get-go, which would have at leas...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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