Title:
Heaven's Prisoners
Released: 1996
Genre: Mystery
/ Thriller
Runtime: 132 min
Country: USA /
UK
Language: English
Tagline:
For an ex-cop obsessed with an unsolved murder, trusting
the wrong woman could be a deadly choice.
Plot
Summary: Ex-detective Dave Robicheaux has
made a new life for himself and his wife Annie running
a bait shop in the outskirts of New Orleans. When
they save a little girl, the sole survivor of a plane
crash, their lives become forever changed. They take
the orphan child into their home and prepare to raise
her. However, a visit from DEA agent Dautrieve brings
out the detective instincts in Robicheaux and he begins
to ask about the rest of the passengers. This brings
trouble to Robicheaux and he turns to drug lord Bubba
Rocque, a childhood friend. But the friendship becomes
estranged when an assault on the Robicheaux home leaves
one victim...Annie.
Comments:
Excellent
detective film with some odd casting. I have read
each of the Dave Robicheaux detective novels and was
not overly happy that this particular novel was chosen
as the movie. However, I enjoyed the movie quite a
bit. Alec Baldwin did a credible job as Dave Robicheaux,
the Cajun detective. Teri Hatcher is good as the wife
of the villain. Mary Stuart Masterson is totally miscast
as a prostitute. Since the Masterson role is pivotal
to the book and movie, it was a shame to pick someone
like Masterson for the role. Barring these small complaints,
it is an excellent film.
Cast
overview:
Alec Baldwin .... Dave Robicheaux
Kelly Lynch .... Annie Robicheaux
Mary Stuart Masterson .... Robin Gaddis
Eric Roberts .... Bubba Rocque
Teri Hatcher .... Claudette Rocque
Vondie Curtis-Hall .... Minos P. Dautrieve (as Vondie
Curtis Hall)
Badja Djola .... Batist
Samantha Lagpacan .... Alafair
Joe Viterelli .... Didi Giancano
Tuck Milligan .... Jerry Falgout
Hawthorne James .... Victor Romero
Don Stark .... Eddie Keats
Carl A. McGee .... Toot
Paul Guilfoyle .... Detective Magelli
Chris Krisea .... Priest
Movie
scenes preview:
Scene #1
Scene
Description:
Teri Hatcher stands nude on a balcony.
featured
actress:
