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ActionThrillerCrime

Q & A

- When the questions are dangerous, the answers can be deadly.

A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.

Release Date : 1990-04-27

Language :SpanishEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Regency EnterprisesOdyssey Distributors

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Nick Nolte

Character Name : Mike Brennan

Original Name : Nick Nolte

Gender : Male

Timothy Hutton

Character Name : Al Reilly

Original Name : Timothy Hutton

Gender : Male

Armand Assante

Character Name : Bobby Texador

Original Name : Armand Assante

Gender : Male

Patrick O'Neal

Character Name : Kevin Quinn

Original Name : Patrick O'Neal

Gender : Male

Lee Richardson

Character Name : Leo Bloomenfeld

Original Name : Lee Richardson

Gender : Male

Luis Guzmán

Character Name : Luis Valentin

Original Name : Luis Guzmán

Gender : Male

Charles S. Dutton

Character Name : Sam Chapman

Original Name : Charles S. Dutton

Gender : Male

Jenny Lumet

Character Name : Nancy Bosch

Original Name : Jenny Lumet

Gender : Female

Paul Calderon

Character Name : Roger Montalvo

Original Name : Paul Calderon

Gender : Male

International Chrysis

Character Name : Jose Malpica

Original Name : International Chrysis

Gender : Male

Dominic Chianese

Character Name : Larry Pesch

Original Name : Dominic Chianese

Gender : Male

Leonardo Cimino

Character Name : Nick Petrone

Original Name : Leonardo Cimino

Gender : Male

Fyvush Finkel

Character Name : Preston Pearlstein

Original Name : Fyvush Finkel

Gender : Male

Gustavo Brens

Character Name : Alfonse Segal

Original Name : Gustavo Brens

Gender : Male

Martin E. Brens

Character Name : Armand Segal

Original Name : Martin E. Brens

Gender : Male

Maurice Schell

Character Name : Detective Zucker

Original Name : Maurice Schell

Gender : Male

Thomas Mikal Ford

Character Name : Lubin

Original Name : Thomas Mikal Ford

Gender : Male

John Capodice

Character Name : Hank Mastroangelo

Original Name : John Capodice

Gender : Male

Frederick Rolf

Character Name : District Attorney

Original Name : Frederick Rolf

Gender : Male

Hal Lehrman

Character Name : Altshul

Original Name : Hal Lehrman

Gender : Male

Gloria Irizarry

Character Name : Mrs. Bosch

Original Name : Gloria Irizarry

Gender : Female

Brian Neill

Character Name : Sylvester / Sophia

Original Name : Brian Neill

Gender : Male

Susan Mitchell

Character Name : Flo

Original Name : Susan Mitchell

Gender : Female

Drew Eliot

Character Name : Magnus

Original Name : Drew Eliot

Gender : Male

Frank Raiter

Character Name : Seabury

Original Name : Frank Raiter

Gender : Male

Harry Madsen

Character Name : Tony Vasquez

Original Name : Harry Madsen

Gender : Male

Jerry Ciauri

Character Name : Bruno Valli

Original Name : Jerry Ciauri

Gender : Male

George Kodisch

Character Name : Inspector Flynn

Original Name : George Kodisch

Gender : Male

Burtt Harris

Character Name : Phil

Original Name : Burtt Harris

Gender : Male

Michael A. Joseph

Character Name : Pimp

Original Name : Michael A. Joseph

Gender : Male

Cynthia O'Neal

Character Name : Agnes Quinn

Original Name : Cynthia O'Neal

Gender : Male

Victor Colicchio

Character Name : "After Hours" Alvarado

Original Name : Victor Colicchio

Gender : Male

Anibal O. Lleras

Character Name : "After Hours" Patron

Original Name : Anibal O. Lleras

Gender : Male

José Rafael Arango

Character Name : "After Hours" Patron

Original Name : José Rafael Arango

Gender : Male

David Dill

Character Name : Bartender

Original Name : David Dill

Gender : Male

Alex Ruiz

Character Name : Danny

Original Name : Alex Ruiz

Gender : Male

Richard Solchik

Character Name : Phillie

Original Name : Richard Solchik

Gender : Male

Edward Rogers III

Character Name : Jose's Apt. Detective

Original Name : Edward Rogers III

Gender : Male

Junior Perez

Character Name : "Nancy" Captain

Original Name : Junior Perez

Gender : Male

Javier Ríos

Character Name : Boat Lover

Original Name : Javier Ríos

Gender : Male

June Stein

Character Name : A.D.A.

Original Name : June Stein

Gender : Female

Rod Rodriguez

Character Name : Carlo

Original Name : Rod Rodriguez

Gender : Male

Sonny Vito

Character Name : Gino

Original Name : Sonny Vito

Gender : Male

Olga Merediz

Character Name : Mrs. Valentin

Original Name : Olga Merediz

Gender : Female

Peter Gumeny

Character Name : Guard

Original Name : Peter Gumeny

Gender : Male

Edward Rowan

Character Name : Ed

Original Name : Edward Rowan

Gender : Male

Danny Darrow

Character Name : Phone Investigator

Original Name : Danny Darrow

Gender : Male

José Collazo

Character Name : Fisherman

Original Name : José Collazo

Gender : Male

José Alvarez

Character Name : Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)

Original Name : José Alvarez

Gender : Male

G.W. Bailey

Character Name : Bartender (uncredited)

Original Name : G.W. Bailey

Gender : Male

Janis Corsair

Character Name : TWA Supervisor (uncredited)

Original Name : Janis Corsair

Gender : Male

David Hummel

Character Name : Police Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : David Hummel

Gender : Male

Vincent Pastore

Character Name : Man Sitting in Bar (uncredited)

Original Name : Vincent Pastore

Gender : Male

Reviews

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2022-09-10

Q & A is the third entry in Sidney Lumet’s loose trilogy about NYPD corruption, and by far the most pessimistic. While Al Pacino and Treat Williams are given an admittedly tough choice in Serpico and Prince of the City, here Timothy Hutton comes to learn that one man can’t make a difference after all. The ending is as frustrating to the viewers as it is to he hero, because we find out that the character’s hands were tied all along; instead of going over people’s heads and behind their backs, Al Reilly (Hutton) might as well have played ball from the get-go, which would have at least had the consolation that a low fewer people would have died in the process. In Serpico and Prince of the City, Lumet addressed corruption as a problem that one had to have the balls to attack head-on; in Q & A he seems to have given up, as if saying: "this is the way things are and there is nothing anyone can do about it" — and you know what they say about being part of the problem if you’re not part of the solution. The film is not without its pleasures, though; not surprising considering the people involved. Nick Nolte is the original Bad Lieutenant (he has two great back-to-back scenes in which he tells a scatological anecdote to the same people he is about to relate his official account of an incident wherein he shot a Puertorrican kid to death. In both instances he has the audience — his and the movie’s — eating out of the palm of his hand; needless to say, the shooting is ruled as self-defense), while Armand Assante is a precursor to Pacino’s Carlo Brigante (both Q & A and Carlito's Way are based on novels by former New York State Supreme Court Justice and author of Puerto Rican descent Edwin Torres).