"Take one Wall Street tycoon, his Fifth Avenue mistress, a reporter hungry for fame, and make the wrong turn in The Bronx...then sit back and watch the sparks fly."

1990

2h 5m

5.6(503 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.

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Cast & Crew

85 members

Acting

Tom Hanks

Sherman McCoy

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Bruce Willis

Peter Fallow

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Melanie Griffith

Maria Ruskin

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Kim Cattrall

Judy McCoy

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Saul Rubinek

Jed Kramer

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Morgan Freeman

Judge Leonard White

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John Hancock

Reverend Bacon

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Kevin Dunn

Tom Killian

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Clifton James

Albert Fox

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Louis Giambalvo

Ray Andruitti

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Barton Heyman

Det. Martin

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Norman Parker

Det. Goldberg

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Donald Moffat

Mr. McCoy

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Alan King

Arthur Ruskin

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Beth Broderick

Caroline Heftshank

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Kurt Fuller

Pollard Browning

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Adam LeFevre

Rawlie Thorpe

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Richard Libertini

Ed Rifkin

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Andre Gregory

Aubrey Buffing

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Mary Alice

Annie Lamb

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Robert Stephens

Sir Gerald Moore

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Marjorie Monaghan

Evelyn Moore

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Rita Wilson

P.R. Woman

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Kirsten Dunst

Campbell McCoy

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Troy Winbush

Roland Auburn

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Patrick Malone

Henry Lamb

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Emmanuel Xuereb

Filippo Chirazzi

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Scotty Bloch

Sally Rawthrote

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Hansford Rowe

Leon Bavardage

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Elizabeth Owens

Inez Bavardage

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Malachy McCourt

Tony - Doorman

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John Eric Bentley

Bill - Doorman

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William Clark

Eddie - Doorman

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Jeff Brooks

Bondsman

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Brennan McKay

Bondsman

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Don McManus

Bondsman

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James Lally

Bondsman

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Marcia Mitzman Gaven

Bondsman

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William Woodson

Gene Lopwitz (voice)

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Nelson Vasquez

Pimp

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Fanni Green

Prostitute

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Roy Milton Davis

Latino

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Shiek Mahmud-Bey

Lockwood

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Stewart J. Zully

Court Clerk

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Helen Stenborg

Mrs. McCoy

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Timothy Jenkins

Billy Cortez

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Sam Sorbo

Fox's Assistant

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Vito D'Ambrosio

Intercom Man

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Paul Bates

Buck

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Camryn Manheim

Poe Picketer

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J.D. Wyatt

Poe Picketer

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Eyde Byrde

Poe Picketer

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David Lipman

Poe Picketer

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George Merritt

Poe Picketer

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Kirk Taylor

Aide

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Richard Belzer

Television Producer

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Oliver Dixon

Lawyer

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George Plimpton

Well Wisher

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Connie Sawyer

Ruskin Family Member

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F. Murray Abraham

D.A. Abe Weiss (uncredited)

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Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Woman in Restaurant (uncredited)

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Terry Farrell

Party Guest Listening to Aubrey Buffing (uncredited)

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Geraldo Rivera

Robert Corso (uncredited)

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John Blyth Barrymore

Restaurant Manager (uncredited)

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Ted Otis

Photographer (uncredited)

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Renna Bartlett

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Debbie Lee Carrington

Crying Midget (uncredited)

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Dave Droge

Bond Floor Trader (uncredited)

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Cynthia Elane

Court Officer (uncredited)

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Sarah Essex

(uncredited)

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Gary Jones

Waiter in Elevator (uncredited)

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Doris McCarthy

Park Avenue Lady (uncredited)

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Michael Merton

DMV Informant (uncredited)

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Jack Mulcahy

Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)

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Denise Nelan

Attorney (uncredited)

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Kariim Ratcliff

Photographer (uncredited)

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John Reidy

Broker (uncredited)

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Joey Sontz

Courtroom Extra (uncredited)

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Daisy Alexandra Sylbert-Torres

Ruskin Family Member (uncredited)

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Curt Truman

Head Waiter (uncredited)

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Ron Turek

Trial Attendant (uncredited)

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Production

Clinton H. Wallace

Latino Kid (uncredited)

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Judith Burke

French Restaurant Patron

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Adina Winston

Female Guest

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Barry Michlin

Funeral Director

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