Heaven's Prisoners Movie Review 1995

Dave Robicheaux (Baldwin) is an ex-New Orleans homicide detective and recovering alcoholic, living a quiet life on a bayou with patient wife Annie (Lynch). They witness a plane crash and Dave rescues the only survivor, a young Salvadoran girl, whom they adopt. But the crash wasn't an accident and Dave's snooping around involves him with drug runners and local crime bosses, including old high school buddy, Bubba Rocque (Roberts), and his sirenish wife, Claudette (Hatcher). Convoluted plot with some moody touches but Baldwin scores as the flawed hero. Based on the mystery series by James Lee Burke.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 135 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, New Orleans, Air Disasters, On the Rocks, Marriage, Louisiana

Screenplay

Scott Frank, Harley Peyton

Cast

Paul Guilfoyle, Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric Roberts, Teri Hatcher, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Badja (Medu) Djola, Joe (Johnny) Viterelli, Hawthorne James

Cinematography

Harris Savides

Director

Phil Joanou

Music

George Fenton

Producer

Albert S. Ruddy, Andre Morgan, Leslie Greif, Hildy Gottlieb, Alec Baldwin, Rank Film Distributors, PVM Entertainment, Savoy Pictures, New Line Cinema