Deadly questions

Movie
German title	Deadly questions
Original title	Q&A
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1990
length	132 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Sidney Lumet
script	Sidney Lumet
production	Burtt Harris , Arnon Milchan
music	Rubén Blades
camera	Andrzej Bartkowiak
cut	Richard P. Cirincione
occupation
Nick Nolte : Lt. Mike Brennan Timothy Hutton : Al Reilly Armand Assante : Bobby Texador Lee Richardson : Leo Bloomenfeld Patrick O'Neal : Kevin Quinn Jenny Lumet : Nancy Bosch Charles S. Dutton : Detective Chapman Luis Guzman : Detective Valentin Paul Calderón : Roger Montalvo Fyvush Finkel : Pearlstein Dominic Chianese : Pesch

Deadly Questions (Original title: Q&A ) is an American thriller by Sidney Lumet . The 1990 released film is an adaptation of Edwin Torres ' novel Q & A .

action

The corrupt New York police officer Mike Brennan is notorious in Harlem, Spain for his brutal methods, which are tolerated by his superiors. Even when Brennan brutally murdered a drug dealer and portrayed the murder as self-defense, he received the backing of the police leadership and District Attorney Kevin Quinn. Pro forma, however, an investigation must be initiated, which, according to Quinn, should remain inconclusive. The young and inexperienced public prosecutor Al Reilly, whom Quinn entrusts to lead the investigation, turns out to be an inconvenient, because of his moral integrity, an investigator who is honestly trying to solve the case.

When key eyewitnesses are killed and the evidence disappears, Reilly suspects that Brennan has high-ranking supporters. He receives help from the drug dealer Bobby Texador, the only surviving eyewitness. He is married to Reilly's ex-girlfriend, Nancy. Nancy, whose father is African American, once left Reilly because she had accused him of racism. With Bobby Texador's help, Reilly uncovers a plot that goes far beyond the person of Mike Brennan. Eventually he obtained an arrest warrant for Brennan. Texador is killed. Brennan is shot dead in a showdown. Shortly before, he told Reilly that Reilly's father was one of the most corrupt police officers he had ever met. The experienced policeman Bloomenfeld advises Reilly to drop the matter by the table. If Reilly were to uncover the complications completely, the pension payments for his widowed mother would be in jeopardy. Disaffected, Reilly quits his job and tries to win back his ex-girlfriend Nancy.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on April 27, 1990 that it was “fascinating” that this film “works so well as a police thriller on one level, while on other levels it explores feelings that we may even be in front of us keep hidden ".

“The film, which tries to deal with the climate of racism and violence, exposes the omnipresence of corruption in police and judicial circles, but it is not completely convincing, as the book sometimes seems overly constructed. The staging and acting are nevertheless at a high level. "

- Lexicon of international film

background

• The original title Q & A stands for Questions and Answers .
• It is Lumet's third New York Police- themed film after Serpico and Prince of the City .
• Sidney Lumet's daughter, Jenny Lumet, stars as the prosecutor's ex-girlfriend.

Web links

• Deadly issues in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Deadly questions atRotten Tomatoes(English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Roger Ebert:Q&A. In: Chicago Sun-Times , April 27, 1990. Retrieved October 14, 2014. 
2. ↑ Deadly Questions. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .