Woody Allen tackles morality and murder in CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, starring Martin Landau as Judah Rosenthal, an ophthalmologist esteemed by family, friends and colleagues. Judah has a less admirable secret life: his mistress, Dolores (Anjelica Huston), is determined to reveal their
affair to his wife (Claire Bloom), and threatens to expose his past embezzling. Judah decides he has no choice but to have her killed, helped by his underworld-connected brother (Jerry Orbach). Allen also introduces a humorous story line involving a politically committed documentary filmmaker,
Cliff Stern (Allen), his egotistical commercial TV director brother-in-law (Alan Alda), and a...
Released:
1989
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
107 mins