Director: Alan Parker

Writer(s): William Hjortsberg (novel), Alan Parker

Starring: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling, Stocker Fontelieu, Brownie McGhee, Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Whitcraft, Eliott Keener, Charles Gordone, Dann Florek, Kathleen Wilhoite, George Buck, Judith Drake, Gerald Orange, Peggy Severe, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Dave Petitjean, Rick Washburn, Neil Newlon, Oakley Dalton, Yvonne Bywaters, Loys T. Bergeron, Joshua Frank, Karmen Harris, Nicole Burdette, Kendall Lupe, Percy Martin, Viola Dunbar, Murray Bandel, Jarrett Narcisse, Ernest Watson, Rickie Monie, Sugar Blue, Pinetop Perkins, Deacon John Moore, Richard Payne, W. Alonzo Stewart, Lillian Boutte, Joel Adam, Darrell Beasley, Stephen Beasley, Jerome Reddick, Louis Freddie Kohlman, Stephen Kenyatta Simon, Curtis Pierre, Kufaru Aaron Mouton, Roselyn Lionheart, Marilyn Banks, Lula Elzy, Francesca J. Ridge, Hope Clarke, Oscar Best, Sarita Allen, Noel Jones, Valerie Jackson, Greer Goff, Arlena Rolant, Karen Davis, Shirleta Jones, Mark L. Taylor, Mysti Adams, Dontez Hood

Synopsis: A private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.

Release Date: March 6, 1987 (USA) | Length: 113 min | Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Certificate: R

Note: I am unsure about Viola Dunbar who plays the concierge at the hotel in New Orleans. Some cast members cannot be identified because there were locals playing generic parts and this was their only film appearance.