Crimes and Misdemeanors | Hitchens Virtual Theatre

"Poignant, penetrating [and] scathingly hilarious" (Long Beach Press Telegram), Crimes and Misdemeanors is a deftly rendered tale about the complexity of human choices and the moral microcosms they represent. Showcasing Allen's brilliant grasp of the link between the funny and the fatal, his 19th movie, Crimes and Misdemeanors, is "one of the watershed films of his career" (Los Angeles Times).

Cliff Stern (Woody Allen) is an idealistic filmmaker...until he's offered a lucrative job shooting a flattering profile of a pompous TV producer (Alan Alda). Judah Rosenthal (Martin Landau) is the pillar of his community... until he learns that his ex-mistress (Anjelica Huston) plans to expose his financial and extramarital misdeeds. As Cliff chooses between integrity and selling out, and Judah decides between the counsel of his rabbi (Sam Waterson) and the murderous advice of his mobster brother (Jerry Orbach), each man must examine his own morality, and make an irrevocable decision ? that will change everyone's lives forever.

Production Year:

1989

Released:

Tue, 06/05/2001

Run Time Minutes:

104

Rating:

PG-13

Genres:

Comedy

Genres:

Drama

Trailer:

Format Aspect Ratio:

1.85-Wide Screen

Resolution:

480x720 LowRez

More Information:

HD-5

Audio Language:

English

Audio Format:

Dolby Digital

Audio Channels:

Mono

Actors:

Bill Bernstein - Testimonial Speaker

Actors:

Martin Landau - Judah Rosenthal

Actors:

Claire Bloom - Miriam Rosenthal

Actors:

Stephanie Roth - Sharon Rosenthal

Actors:

Gregg Edelman - Chris

Actors:

George J. Manos - Photographer

Actors:

Anjelica Huston - Dolores Paley

Actors:

Woody Allen - Cliff Stern

Actors:

Jenny Nichols - Jenny

Actors:

Joanna Gleason - Wendy Stern

Actors:

Alan Alda - Lester

Actors:

Sam Waterston - Ben

Actors:

Zina Jasper - Carol

Actors:

Dolores Sutton - Judah's Secretary

Actors:

Joel Fogel

Actors:

Donna Castellano

Actors:

Thomas Crowe

Actors:

Mia Farrow - Halley Reed

Actors:

Martin Bergmann - Professor Louis Levy

Actors:

Caroline Aaron - Barbara

Actors:

Kenny Vance - Murray

Actors:

Jerry Orbach - Jack Rosenthal

Actors:

Jerry Zaks - Man on Campus

Actors:

Barry Finkel

Actors:

Steve Maidment

Actors:

Nadia Sanford - Alva

Actors:

Chester Malinowski - Hit Man

Actors:

Stanley Reichman - Chris' Father

Actors:

Rebecca Schull - Chris' Mother

Actors:

David S. Howard - Sol Rosenthal

Actors:

Garrett Simowitz - Young Judah

Actors:

Frances Conroy - House Owner

Actors:

Anna Berger - Aunt May

Actors:

Sol Frieder

Actors:

Justin Zaremby

Actors:

Marvin Terban

Actors:

Hy Anzell

Actors:

Sylvia Kauders

Actors:

Victor Argo - Detective

Actors:

Lenore Loveman

Actors:

Nora Ephron

Actors:

Sunny Keyser

Actors:

Merv Bloch

Actors:

Nancy Arden

Actors:

Thomas Bolster

Actors:

Myla Pitt

Actors:

Robin Bartlett

Actors:

Grace Phillips - Bride

Actors:

Randy Aaron Fink - Groom

Actors:

Joel Zion - Rabbi

Actors:

Major Halley, Jr.

Actors:

Walter Levinsky

Actors:

George Masso

Actors:

Charles Miles

Actors:

Derek Smith

Actors:

Warren Vache

Actors:

Pete Antell

Actors:

Anthony Gorruso

Actors:

Gary Allen Meyers

Actors:

Lee Musiker

Actors:

Tony Sotos

Actors:

Tony Tedeasco

Actors:

Matthew T. Gitkin - Cliff's assistant