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Released
1984 · FILM

Tightrope

Detective Wes Block races against time to stop a relentless serial killer whose victims are increasingly tied to him—culminating in a terrifying threat against his own daughters.

A cop on the edge.

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
115 min
CrimeMysteryThriller

Synopsis

Wes Block is a detective assigned to the case of a serial killer targeting young and attractive women. The situation becomes more intense as the killer begins selecting victims who are connected to Block, and the threat eventually extends to his daughters.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 17

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Joel CoxShot by Bruce SurteesScored by Lennie NiehausDesigned by Edward C Carfagno

Box Office

1984 · Box office

Grossed $48.1M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$48.1M

Worldwide gross$48.1M

Opening weekend: $9.2M 19% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $13.7M28% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,535 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Wolf hetzt die Meutede
  • La Corde raidefr
  • Corda tesait

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