A Stranger Among Us Movie Review 1992

A missing jeweler turns up dead and more than $1 million in diamonds has disappeared. NYPD Detective Emily Eden (Griffith) is called in to solve the case, and she decides she must go undercover in a community of Hasidic Jews to find the perpetrator. She not only finds the criminal, but she also falls in love with one of the group's most devout residents. Griffith is out of her element as a tough cop with her baby voice and cutesy style, but other actors, including Thal (in his movie debut) and Sara, perform splendidly, even though they're held back by a cumbersome script with many similarities to "Witness."

Distribution

Hollywood Pictures Home Video, Fairmont Bldg. 526, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91505-9842, Phone: (818)562-3560

Available on VHS
Running time 109 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Undercover Cops, Judaism, Women Cops, Going Native

Screenplay

Robert J. Avrech

Cast

James Gandolfini, Melanie Griffith, Eric Thal, John Pankow, Tracy Pollan, Lee Richardson, Mia Sara, Jamey Sheridan

Cinematography

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Director

Sidney Lumet

Music

Jerry Bock

Producer

Hollywood Pictures, Steve Golin, Sigurjon Sighvatsson, Howard Rosenman

Awards

Golden Raspberries 1992: Worst Actress (Griffith).