The Big Easy Page #3

Synopsis: Set in New Orleans. Remy McSwain, lieutenant in Homicide finds that he has two problems, the first of a series of gang killings and Ann Osborne, a beautiful attorney from the D.A.'s police corruption task force in his office. He begins a relationship with her as the killings continue only to have charges filed against him for accepting bribes as he stumbles on a police corruption Sting. While this is happening, the criminals insist that none of the crime gangs are behind the killings.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Jim McBride
Production: HBO Video
  4 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
1986
102 min
441 Views


Folks have a certain

way of doing things down here.

People like to show

their appreciation.

Really, how does it work?

Do you get free suits?

Do you get a little envelope

from Chef Paul every week?

Are you wearing a

wire in there or something?

(horns honking)

I'm serious.

How far does all this stuff go?

Is everything for sale?

What's it cost to beat

a murder rap these days?

Is that what you think about cops?

You've got a real

serious attitude problem.

Being around you for

an evening hasn't improved it.

I've never seen a man break

so many laws in such a short time.

It's very simple when

you're out on the street.

There's "good guys"

and there's "bad guys".

I suppose you're the "good guys"?

Damn right, and we're all

that stands between you and them.

Why don't you just drop

me off at the corner up there.

(tires screeching)

And don't think that

I'm naive, lieutenant.

I know the way the system works,

but things can change.

Oh yeah, are you going

to change it?

Don't you dare

be amused at me.

- Hey, is this your building?

- No, I live up the street.

I have to get some things.

Is that okay?

I'll wait for you and

drive you the rest of the way.

No thank you,

I'd rather walk.

I'll walk with you.

No. Thank you very much for a

very illuminating evening.

Stop, my purse!

Ohhh!

Let's go, blood!

Help, somebody help!

Let me go, woman!

Police!

Don't screw up!

Scumbag, get your face down

on the pavement right now!

You stay down there

for a second.

Ah-ha, ah-ha.

You a cop?

Yes, ma'am.

Thank god you were here;

I just cashed my pay check.

Stay here and a patrolman will

be by to take your statement.

You think I'm crazy or what?

I'm not taking any chances,

no police!

All right.

A patrol car is going to come

for you in a little while.

Now if you do anything

to my car,

If you even get your

fingerprints on the paint,

they are going to beat

the ever-living sh*t out of you.

Do you fully understand each

and every one of these rights

as I have explained them to you?

Yes, sir.

It's a good thing

I'm such a pushy guy, huh?

Hey, Remy, listen to this.

Remember Mrs. Williams who

stabbed her husband last week?

We go see her, "Mrs. Williams,

your husband just died,"

"and you're busted for

second-degree homicide. "

You know what she said?

"That bastard, I stabbed

him before and he never died. "

Homicide, McSwain.

Hello, lieutenant.

Hey, Anne, you must be psychic.

I was just thinking about you.

What's new on the Angelo case?

Not a thing.

Why not, aren't you working on it?

Hey, I got a poisoned

nurse in the garden district

and a strangled transvestite

in the French Quarter.

I got a suspicious

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Daniel Petrie Jr.

Daniel Mannix Petrie Jr. (born November 30, 1951) is a Canadian-American producer, writer, and director of film and television. He is best known for pioneering the sub-genres of action comedy and buddy cop films through movies like Beverly Hills Cop and Turner & Hooch. He served as President of the Writers Guild of America, West between 1997 and 1999, and then again between 2004 and 2005. more…

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