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Q & A is a British film of genre Drama directed by Sidney Lumet released in USA on 27 april 1990 with Nick Nolte
Q & A (1990)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 27 april 1990
Length 2h12
Directed by Sidney Lumet
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes La corruption policière
Rating65%
Q & A is a 1990 crime film co-written and directed by Sidney Lumet, based on a novel by New York judge Edwin Torres. It stars Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton and Armand Assante.
Synopsis
Mike Brennan, a tough, crude, decorated NYPD detective, has a hidden dark side as well as a partnership with certain figures of organized crime. Brennan shoots and kills a small-time Puerto Rican criminal and then threatens witnesses to testify that he acted in self-defense. The Commissioner of Police Kevin Quinn assigns the case to Deputy Attorney Aloysius "Al" Francis Reilly, a young lawyer with a past as a police officer and son of a well-known cop who died in service. Reilly collects Brennan's deposition, who claims to have been acting on a tip from an informant and was forced to shoot in self-defense. Reilly's case leads him to a Puerto Rican crime boss called "Bobby Tex," whose wife Nancy Bosch was once the love of Reilly's life. She ended their relationship years ago after interpreting Al's reaction of surprise as racist when she introduced him to her father, a black man. Al tries to rekindle their past romance, but she rejects him because with Bobby, she feels loved, protected and accepted for what she is.Actors
Nick Nolte
(Mike Brennan)
Timothy Hutton
(Al Reilly)
Armand Assante
(Bobby Texador)
Luis Guzmán
(Luis Valentin)
Patrick O'Neal
(Kevin Quinn)
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