Q & A

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Q & A ★★ 1990 (R)

Semitaut thriller with Nolte playing a totally corrupt, hairtrigger cop trying to make his murder of a drug dealer look like selfdefense. Assigned to the case is an excop turned assistant DA (Hutton) who's supposed to sweep the case under the rug. Then he finds out another dealer (Assante) is a witness and he happens to be romancing Hutton's former girlfriend (film debut of director Lumet's daughter). Lots of violence and raw language. 132m/C VHS, DVD . Dominic Chianese, Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, Patrick O'Neal, Lee Richardson, Luis Guzman, Charles S. Dutton, Jenny Lumet, Paul Calderon, Fyvush Finkel; D: Sidney Lumet; W: Sidney Lumet; C: Andrzej Bartkowiak; M: Ruben Blades.