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The Empire State Building Murders

The Empire State Building Murders

The Empire State Building Murders

2008
Drama, Crime
TV Movie
1h 28m
A tribute and doc-crime-drama celebrating American film noir and the icons of the Hollywood golden age. It recaptures the time and place of New York in the 30's and 40s as well as plays with the codes and references of the genre. (imdb)

Directed by:

William Karel
William-Karel
7 total credits
William Karel has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Opération lune, The Empire State Building Murders and Le monde selon Bush

Writers:

William Karel
William-Karel
7 total credits
William Karel has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Opération lune, The Empire State Building Murders and Le monde selon Bush
,
Jérôme Charyn
Jrme-Charyn
1 total credit
Jérôme Charyn has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Empire State Building Murders

Starring:

Kirk Douglas
Kirk-Douglas
95 total credits
Cleft-chinned, steely-eyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being "the ragman's son" (the name give to his best-selling 1988 autobiography) of Russian-Jewish ancestry to become a bona fide superstar, Kirk Douglas, also known as Issur Danielovitch Demsky, was born in Amsterdam, New York, in 1916. Although growing up in a poor ghetto, Douglas was a fine student and a keen athlete and wrestled competitively during his time at St. Lawrence University. However, he soon identified
,
Lauren Bacall
Lauren-Bacall
71 total credits
Lauren Bacall has 71 credits at Criticker, including: Howl's Moving Castle, Misery, Dogville, The Big Sleep and Murder on the Orient Express
,
Ben Gazzara
Ben-Gazzara
77 total credits
Ben Gazzara (born August 28, 1930) is an American actor.Gazzara has had a long and varied acting career, with spells as an accomplished director, mostly in television. He directed Columbo episodes A Friend in Deed and Troubled Waters. He joined other Actors Studio members in the 1957 film The Strange One. Then came a high-profile performance as a soldier on trial for avenging his wife's rape in Otto Preminger's 1959 classic courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder...(Wikipedia)
,
Cyd Charisse
Cyd-Charisse
40 total credits
Cyd Charisse has 40 credits at Criticker, including: Singin' in the Rain, The Band Wagon, Brigadoon, Party Girl and It's Always Fair Weather
,
Marsha Hunt
Marsha-Hunt
62 total credits
Marsha Hunt has 62 credits at Criticker, including: Johnny Got His Gun, Raw Deal, Pride and Prejudice, Blossoms in the Dust and The Human Comedy
,
Mickey Rooney
Mickey-Rooney
204 total credits
Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. Working as a performer since he was a small child, he was a superstar as a teenager for the films in which he played Andy Hardy, and he has had one of the longest careers of any actor, to date spanning more than 80 years...(Wikipedia)
,
Richard Erdman
Richard-Erdman
32 total credits
Richard Erdman has 32 credits at Criticker, including: Stalag 17, The Blue Gardenia, The Men, Cry Danger and The Stooge
,
Anne Jeffreys
Anne-Jeffreys
31 total credits
Anne Jeffreys has 31 credits at Criticker, including: Dillinger, Zombies on Broadway, Dick Tracy vs. Cueball, Dick Tracy, Detective and Riffraff
,
James Cagney
James-Cagney
79 total credits
James Cagney has 79 credits at Criticker, including: White Heat, Angels with Dirty Faces, The Public Enemy, One, Two, Three and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
,
Patrick Floersheim
Patrick-Floersheim
5 total credits
Patrick Floersheim has 5 credits at Criticker, including: 3615 code Père Noël, The Destructors, Je hais les acteurs, Elles n'oublient jamais and The Empire State Building Murders
,
Sara Sumara
Sara-Sumara
1 total credit
Sara Sumara has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Empire State Building Murders
,
Wolfgang Draeger
Wolfgang-Draeger
2 total credits
Wolfgang Draeger has 2 credits at Criticker, including: The Empire State Building Murders and Tischlein, deck dich

Genres:

Drama, Crime

Countries:

Australia, Finland, France, USA

Languages:

English, French

The Empire State Building Murders

2008
Drama, Crime
TV Movie
1h 28m
Avg Percentile 49.21% from 3 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

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Avg Percentile 49.21% from 3 total ratings
Rated 02 Apr 2014
87
79th
Fascinating tribute to Golden Age film noir works better the more familiar you are with the films being referenced; sort of the flip side to DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID by being played more or less completely straight, and aided immeasurably by brilliant contemporary contributions from Rooney, Gazzara and Charisse, though Douglas appears depressingly bewildered. Clever use of archival footage really brings the 'new' characters to life, and a world-weary narration helps tie everything together.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

William Karel
William-Karel
7 total credits
William Karel has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Opération lune, The Empire State Building Murders and Le monde selon Bush

Writers:

William Karel
William-Karel
7 total credits
William Karel has 7 credits at Criticker, including: Opération lune, The Empire State Building Murders and Le monde selon Bush
,
Jérôme Charyn
Jrme-Charyn
1 total credit
Jérôme Charyn has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Empire State Building Murders

Starring:

Kirk Douglas
Kirk-Douglas
95 total credits
Cleft-chinned, steely-eyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being "the ragman's son" (the name give to his best-selling 1988 autobiography) of Russian-Jewish ancestry to become a bona fide superstar, Kirk Douglas, also known as Issur Danielovitch Demsky, was born in Amsterdam, New York, in 1916. Although growing up in a poor ghetto, Douglas was a fine student and a keen athlete and wrestled competitively during his time at St. Lawrence University. However, he soon identified
,
Lauren Bacall
Lauren-Bacall
71 total credits
Lauren Bacall has 71 credits at Criticker, including: Howl's Moving Castle, Misery, Dogville, The Big Sleep and Murder on the Orient Express
,
Ben Gazzara
Ben-Gazzara
77 total credits
Ben Gazzara (born August 28, 1930) is an American actor.Gazzara has had a long and varied acting career, with spells as an accomplished director, mostly in television. He directed Columbo episodes A Friend in Deed and Troubled Waters. He joined other Actors Studio members in the 1957 film The Strange One. Then came a high-profile performance as a soldier on trial for avenging his wife's rape in Otto Preminger's 1959 classic courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder...(Wikipedia)
,
Cyd Charisse
Cyd-Charisse
40 total credits
Cyd Charisse has 40 credits at Criticker, including: Singin' in the Rain, The Band Wagon, Brigadoon, Party Girl and It's Always Fair Weather
,
Marsha Hunt
Marsha-Hunt
62 total credits
Marsha Hunt has 62 credits at Criticker, including: Johnny Got His Gun, Raw Deal, Pride and Prejudice, Blossoms in the Dust and The Human Comedy
,
Mickey Rooney
Mickey-Rooney
204 total credits
Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. Working as a performer since he was a small child, he was a superstar as a teenager for the films in which he played Andy Hardy, and he has had one of the longest careers of any actor, to date spanning more than 80 years...(Wikipedia)
,
Richard Erdman
Richard-Erdman
32 total credits
Richard Erdman has 32 credits at Criticker, including: Stalag 17, The Blue Gardenia, The Men, Cry Danger and The Stooge
,
Anne Jeffreys
Anne-Jeffreys
31 total credits
Anne Jeffreys has 31 credits at Criticker, including: Dillinger, Zombies on Broadway, Dick Tracy vs. Cueball, Dick Tracy, Detective and Riffraff
,
James Cagney
James-Cagney
79 total credits
James Cagney has 79 credits at Criticker, including: White Heat, Angels with Dirty Faces, The Public Enemy, One, Two, Three and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
,
Patrick Floersheim
Patrick-Floersheim
5 total credits
Patrick Floersheim has 5 credits at Criticker, including: 3615 code Père Noël, The Destructors, Je hais les acteurs, Elles n'oublient jamais and The Empire State Building Murders
,
Sara Sumara
Sara-Sumara
1 total credit
Sara Sumara has just 1 credit at Criticker: The Empire State Building Murders
,
Wolfgang Draeger
Wolfgang-Draeger
2 total credits
Wolfgang Draeger has 2 credits at Criticker, including: The Empire State Building Murders and Tischlein, deck dich

Genres:

Drama, Crime

Countries:

Australia, Finland, France, USA

Languages:

English, French
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