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Q&A

Original title: Q & A
  • 1990
  • R
  • 2h 12m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
8.3K
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Timothy Hutton, Nick Nolte, and Armand Assante in Q&A (1990)
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Police ProceduralCrimeDramaThriller

Dirty cop Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.Dirty cop Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.Dirty cop Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.

  • Director
    • Sidney Lumet
  • Writers
    • Edwin Torres
    • Sidney Lumet
    • Alan Smithee
  • Stars
    • Nick Nolte
    • Timothy Hutton
    • Armand Assante
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    8.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sidney Lumet
    • Writers
      • Edwin Torres
      • Sidney Lumet
      • Alan Smithee
    • Stars
      • Nick Nolte
      • Timothy Hutton
      • Armand Assante
    • 63User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

    Videos1

    Q & A
    Trailer 1:38
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    Photos38

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    Top Cast54

    Nick Nolte
    Nick Nolte
    • Mike Brennan
    Timothy Hutton
    Timothy Hutton
    • Al Reilly
    Armand Assante
    Armand Assante
    • Bobby Texador
    Patrick O'Neal
    Patrick O'Neal
    • Kevin Quinn
    Lee Richardson
    Lee Richardson
    • Leo Bloomenfeld
    Luis Guzmán
    Luis Guzmán
    • Luis Valentin
    • (as Luis Guzman)
    Charles S. Dutton
    Charles S. Dutton
    • Sam Chapman
    • (as Charles Dutton)
    Jenny Lumet
    Jenny Lumet
    • Nancy Bosch
    Paul Calderon
    Paul Calderon
    • Roger Montalvo
    International Chrysis
    • Jose Malpica
    Dominic Chianese
    Dominic Chianese
    • Larry Pesch
    • (as Dominick Chianese)
    Leonardo Cimino
    Leonardo Cimino
    • Nick Petrone
    Fyvush Finkel
    Fyvush Finkel
    • Preston Pearlstein
    Gustavo Brens
    • Alfonse Segal
    Martin E. Brens
    • Armand Segal
    Maurice Schell
    • Detective Zucker
    Thomas Mikal Ford
    Thomas Mikal Ford
    • Lubin
    • (as Tommy A. Ford)
    John Capodice
    John Capodice
    • Hank Mastroangelo
    • Director
      • Sidney Lumet
    • Writers
      • Edwin Torres
      • Sidney Lumet
      • Alan Smithee
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews63

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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Sidney Lumet: the director was unhappy with the way this movie was edited for television so he had his name removed and replaced with the pseudonym "Alan Smithee" for the television broadcast version.
    • Goofs
      Chief Quinn Patrick O'Neal asks ADA Reilly Timothy Hutton why he did not attend St. John's Law School. Hutton says his father didn't like the Jesuits. St. John's University is not a Jesuit institution. It is conducted by the Vincentians.
    • Quotes
      • Captain Lt. Michael 'Mike' Brennan, NYPD: Oh, Reilly. You just loved the idea of your father. Now, your father was dirty. He was as dirty as they come. Nothing big, just penny-ante stuff. You know, free meals. A place to coop. For a while, he was a bag man for a pad in the South Bronx. The normal stuff. He took home $100, $150 a week. That's all. But hell, what a cop. Like me, he was the first through the door, the window, the skylight! I mean, he knew there were animals out there! He knew there was a line the niggers, the spics, the junkies, the faggots had to cross to get into people's throats. He was that line. I am that line. And the fucking judges and Jew lawyers, aldermen and guinea DAs are raking it in. We take a fucking hamburger and it's goodbye badge, gun and pension. And all the time, it's our lives that's on the line. It's our widows and our orphans! Now you're a rogue cop, you mick bastard! You went from our side to their side.
    • Connections
      Edited into Finding Forrester (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Don't Double-Cross the Ones You Love
      Song by Rubén Blades.

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    Details

    • Release date
      • April 27, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Q & A
    • Filming locations
      • CBGB's - 315 Bowery, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Hutton and Nolte interior bar, Exterior is shown briefly, with no CBGB's awning, next door to the Palace Hotel)
    • Production companies
      • Regency International Pictures
      • Odyssey Distributors
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    Box office

    • Gross US & Canada
      • $11,207,891
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,816,605
      • Apr 29, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,207,891
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 2h 12m(132 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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