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Night Falls On Manhattan is a 1997 American film. It is a generally interesting, character-driven Sidney Lumet film about a newly appointed DA who is eager to stamp out corruption within the city's police force. The film boasts an impressive cast including: Andy Garcia , Ian Holm , James Gandolfini , Richard Dreyfuss , Dominic Chianese , & Lena Olin . Garcia stars as idealistic young assistant district attorney Sean Casey. When Casey's father, New York City policeman Liam Casey (Holm), is shot and critically wounded during a drug raid, the political savvy Manhattan District Attorney Morganstern (played by Ron Leibman ) assigns the major, highly publicized case to the inexperienced Casey, figuring it would be good publicity for the DA's Office if the wounded officer's son were to prosecute the thug who tried to kill his father. Casey wins a conviction and in the process becomes Morganstern's protege and a media darling. When Morganstern falls ill amidst a re-election campaign, Casey is given the party's nomination and is subsequently elected as Manhattan's new district attorney. In his new position, Casey begins to discover irregularities surrounding the fateful police raid and the case that made his career. Slowly but surely, a chain of police corruption is revealed that could threaten everything. Sopranos ' fans will be eager to see a cowardly Gandolfini and, despite Chianese's small role, how he manages to steal the film with its best line. Tagline: In a city of nine million people is there room for one honest man? |
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