Ricochet (1991)

Director:

Russell Mulcahy

Writers (WGA):

Fred Dekker (story) and
Menno Meyjes (story) ...
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Release Date:

4 October 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

He's a cop accused of murder. And the only man who knows he's innocent is the killer who framed him.

Plot:

An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Drugs | Revenge | District Attorney | Sex

Cast

Denzel Washington	...	Nick Styles
John Lithgow	...	Blake
Ice-T	...	Odessa (as Ice T)
Kevin Pollak	...	Larry
Lindsay Wagner	...	Brimleigh
Mary Ellen Trainor	...	Gail Wallens
Josh Evans	...	Kim
Victoria Dillard	...	Alice
John Amos	...	Reverend Styles
John Cothran Jr.	...	Farris
Linda Dona	...	Wanda (as Linda Doná)
Matt Landers	...	Chief Floyd
Lydell M. Cheshier	...	R.C.
Starletta DuPois	...	Mrs. Styles
Sherman Howard	...	Kiley
Viveka Davis	...	Babysitter
Kimberly Natasha Ali	...	Lisa Styles
Aileaha Jones	...	Monica Styles
Jesse Ventura	...	Chewalski
Rick Cramer	...	Jesse
Miguel Sandoval	...	Vaca
Carlos Lacamara	...	Luis
Don Perry	...	Book Man
Tom Finnegan	...	Desk Sergeant
Christopher Anthony Young	...	Locker Room Cop (as Christopher A. Young)
Mark Phelan	...	Prison Doctor
Hugh Dane	...	Prison Guard
Albie Selznick	...	Blake's Lawyer
Frank Miller	...	Parole Board Chairman
Betty Carvalho	...	Female Board Member
Susan Campos	...	Channel 6 Reporter
Leonard O. Turner	...	Committee Chairman
Anita Barone	...	Waitress
Joe Crummey	...	Disc Jockey
Irene Forrest	...	Cleaning Woman
Holly Kaplan	...	Connie
Michele Landry	...	Telethon Worker
Heidi Thomas	...	Reporter
Robert Martin Steinberg	...	Reporter (as Robert M. Steinberg)
Susan Lentini	...	Reporter
Cylk Cozart	...	Reporter
Jim Ishida	...	Reporter (as James Ishida)
Rielle Hunter	...	Reporter (as Lisa Jo Hunter)
Lisa Nelson	...	Reporter
Kirsten Blakemore	...	Reporter
Ivan E. Roth	...	City Hall Worker
John Rubinow	...	ER Doctor
Tim De Zarn	...	Skinhead
Charles Neville	...	Odessa's Man
Quincy Adams Jr.	...	Odessa's Man
Andre Dukes	...	Odessa's Man
George Christy	...	Talk Show Host
K. Todd Freeman	...	Talk Show Guest
Marjorie Bransfield	...	Secretary
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Cheung	...	Drug-Dealer (uncredited)
Steven E. de Souza	...	TV Reporter (uncredited)
Phil Forman	...	The Camera Bug (uncredited)
Aimée Leigh	...	(uncredited)
Bryan Nash	...	Juggler (uncredited)
Peter Riga	...	Member of News Crew at Church (uncredited)
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Drug-Dealer (uncredited)
Lisa Sanow	...	Punk Rocker (uncredited)

Directed by
Russell Mulcahy

Writing credits (WGA)
Fred Dekker		(story) and
Menno Meyjes		(story)
Steven E. de Souza		(screenplay)

Produced by
James Herbert	....	co-producer
Barry Josephson	....	executive producer
Michael Levy	....	producer
Joel Silver	....	producer
Suzanne Todd	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Alan Silvestri

Cinematography by
Peter Levy		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Peter Honess

Casting by
Ferne Cassel		(as Fern Cassel)
Robin Lippin

Production Design by
Jaymes Hinkle

Art Direction by
Christiaan Wagener

Set Decoration by
Richard C. Goddard		(as Richard Goddard)
Sam Gross

Costume Design by
Marilyn Vance		(as Marilyn Vance-Straker)

Makeup Department
Paul Abascal	....	hair stylist
Scott H. Eddo	....	makeup artist
Greg LaCava	....	additional makeup artist
Allen Payne	....	hair department head
Edna Sheen	....	makeup artist
Kenneth Walker	....	hair stylist: Denzel Washington
Brad Wilder	....	makeup artist

Production Management
James Herbert	....	unit production manager
Richard Mirisch	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Leveen	....	second assistant director
Charlie Picerni	....	second unit director (as Charles Picerni)
David Sardi	....	first assistant director
Daniel Silverberg	....	second second assistant director (as Daniel G. Silverberg)

Art Department
Leonard Cross	....	lead man
Joseph C. Fama	....	construction coordinator (as Joe Fama)
Jim Husbands	....	swing gang (as James F. Husbands)
Tom Lawson	....	propmaker
Art Lipschultz	....	property master
Larry McGuire	....	assistant props
Eric Orbom	....	set designer
Anthony Paronelli	....	paint foreman
Troy Alan Peters	....	assistant props (as Troy Peters)
John Root	....	stand-by painter (as John L. Root)
Mike Rutgard	....	set dresser
Dick Sable	....	painter
John Schacht	....	lead man (as John A. Schacht)
Theresa Wachter	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
David A. Arnold	....	sound editor
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Beth Bergeron	....	adr editor
Destiny Borden	....	assistant sound editor
Destiny Borden	....	sound assistant
Ed Callahan	....	sound editor
Samuel C. Crutcher	....	sound effects editor
Zack Davis	....	sound editor
Robert Deschaine	....	adr mixer (as Bob Deshaine)
Christopher Flick	....	foley supervisor
Sukey Fontelieu	....	sound editor
Laura Graham	....	foley editor
Victor Grodecki	....	sound editor
Kimberly Harris	....	supervising adr editor (as Kimberly Harris-Rivolier)
Allan Hartz	....	supervising dialogue editor (as Allen Hartz)
Mauriece Jacks Jr.	....	cable person
Doug Kent	....	sound assistant
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dave Kulczycki	....	sound editor (as David Kulczycki)
Cliff Latimer	....	adr editor
Patricio A. Libenson	....	sound effects recordist (as Patricio Libenson)
Melissa Lytle	....	assistant sound editor
Edward Malone	....	first sound assistant
Courtenay Marvin	....	apprentice sound editor
Courtenay Marvin	....	assistant sound editor
Martin Maryska	....	supervising sound editor
James Matheny	....	sound editor (as Jim Matheny)
Bob Newlan	....	sound editor
Ed Novick	....	sound
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Kevin O'Connell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christopher O'Donnell	....	boom operator
Greg Orloff	....	foley mixer
Mark Pappas	....	foley editor
John Rotondi	....	sound engineer: Y4
Janelle Showalter	....	assistant sound editor
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
H. Barclay Aaris	....	special effects assistant
Greg Curtis	....	special effects
Al Di Sarro	....	special effects technical advisor
Bob Graham	....	special effects (as Robert Graham)
Robert S. Henderson	....	special effects
Michael Meinardus	....	special effects coordinator
George Zamora	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Beverly Bernacki	....	optical supervisor
John T. Van Vliet	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Danny Aiello III	....	stunts
Pete Antico	....	stunts
Robert Apisa	....	stunts
Bob Arnold	....	stunts
Pat Banta	....	stunt double
Kenny Bates	....	stunts (as Ken Bates)
Sandy Berumen	....	stunts
Janet Brady	....	stunts
Nick Brett	....	stunts
Charlie Brewer	....	stunts
John Cenatiempo	....	stunts
Alex Chapman	....	stunts
George Cheung	....	stunts
Thomas Dewier	....	stunts (as Thomas Dewie)
Ousaun Elam	....	stunts (as Elam Ousaun)
Kenny Endoso	....	stunts
Frank Ferrara	....	stunts
F. Pierre Gatling	....	stunt driver
James M. Halty	....	stunts (as James Halty)
Norman Howell	....	stunts
Kim Robert Koscki	....	stunts (as Kim Koscki)
Mike Marasco	....	stunts (as Michael Marusco)
Gary Morgan	....	stunts
Alan Oliney	....	stunts
Noon Orsatti	....	stunts
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunts
Victor Paul	....	stunts
Charlie Picerni	....	stunt coordinator (as Charles Picerni)
Chuck Picerni Jr.	....	stunts (as Charles Picerni Jr.)
Paul V. Picerni Jr.	....	stunts (as Paul Picerni)
Steve Picerni	....	stunts
Thomas Rosales Jr.	....	stunts
Tierre Turner	....	stunts
Axel Wolf	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Stuart Abramson	....	key grip
Ron Batzdorff	....	still photographer
John S. Beyers	....	best boy electric
Henry Cline	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Brian Crane	....	electrician
Mark Davison	....	first assistant camera
Jeff Durling	....	electrician
Leigh Feitelberg	....	second assistant camera
Samuel Buddy Fries	....	camera operator: "b" camera
David Gillespie	....	second dolly grip
Bill Greenberg	....	electrician
Edward A. Gutentag	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Ed Gutentag)
Simon Jayes	....	crane operator: Technocrane
Craig Kohtala	....	best boy grip
Jack Kohtala	....	grip
Mark O'Kane	....	Steadicam operator
Mark O'Kane	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Douglas Olivares	....	assistant camera
Brian T. Pitts	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Bradford Ralston	....	video assist operator (as Bradford S. Ralston)
Krishna Rao	....	camera operator
Raman Rao	....	gaffer
Bob Rust	....	dolly grip
David Rust	....	grip
Frank D. Tobin	....	rigging gaffer (as Frank Tobin)
Don Hayashi	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Mark Simon	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Lisa Chadwick	....	casting assistant
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Franklyn Warren	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jacqueline G. Arthur	....	assistant to costume designer
Stephanie Colin	....	set costumer
Maritza Garcia	....	costume supervisor (as Maritza L. Garcia)
Frank Perry Rose	....	costume supervisor
Antoinette Squeo	....	costumer
Michael Voght	....	set costumer: men (as Michael J. Voght)

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Audrey Evans	....	second assistant film editor
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer
Darrell Hall	....	assistant editor (as Darrell Edward Hall)
Mary E. Jochem	....	first assistant editor
Omneya 'Nini' Mazen	....	executive in charge of post-production

Music Department
Don Davis	....	orchestrator
Kenneth Karman	....	supervising music editor
Clayton Leander	....	score recording assistant
Matt Patterson	....	music recordist
William Ross	....	additional orchestrator (as Bill Ross)
Dennis S. Sands	....	scoring mixer (as Dennis Sands)
Kevin Sellers	....	score recording assistant
Alan Silvestri	....	conductor
Craig Silvey	....	assistant scoring engineer
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Jacqueline Tager	....	music editor
Lorren White	....	score recording assistant

Transportation Department
Michael Avallon	....	driver
Alan Falco	....	transportation coordinator (as Allan Falco)
Steve Imbler	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Kathy Barnett	....	assistant: Joel Silver
Michael S. Berlly	....	production assistant (as Michael Berlly)
Michael Carroll	....	production assistant
Lydell M. Cheshier	....	production assistant (as Lydell Cheshier)
Jack Crain	....	knife design/manufacturer
Joel Freeman	....	production executive
Damian Ganczewski	....	assistant production office coordinator
Alan Grabelsky	....	production executive
Liz Heath	....	second assistant accountant
John Himelstein	....	production assistant
John Kane	....	publicist
Laura Lee Kasten	....	production assistant
Philip Ross Kessel	....	production assistant
Guy Killum	....	adr voice
George Larson	....	assistant location manager
Solomon J. LeFlore	....	production financing
Lydia Lipatan-Sarmiento	....	first assistant accountant
George McDowell Agnew	....	location manager
Alexander Reid	....	production secretary
Jacobus Rose	....	production executive
Ann C. Salzer	....	production assistant
John Santini	....	pilot
Alan Schechter	....	assistant: Michael Levy
Meryle Selinger	....	production accountant
Lesa Shapiro	....	production assistant
Scott Sheckman	....	assistant: Russell Mulcahy
Mark Suveg	....	craft service (as Mark C. Suveg)
Charles A. Tamburro	....	pilot (as Chuck Tamburro)
Marion Tumen	....	script supervisor
Debbie Wacker	....	assistant: Joel Silver
Louise Webber	....	assistant: Barry Josephson
Anna Zappia	....	production office coordinator

Production Companies

• Cinema Plus
• Home Box Office (HBO)
• Silver Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1991) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1995) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Aquarius TV (2000) (Greece) (TV)
• Astro Distribution (1996) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• Laser Paradise (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (France)
• Unión Films S.A. (Spain)
• VPS Film-Entertainment GmbH (1991) (Germany) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Available Light Productions
• Video Image

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Roadrunner Sound Inc.  post-production sound

Also Known As:

Besatt av hämnd (Sweden) [sv]
Harhaluoti (Finland) [fi]
Ricochet (Spain) [es]
Ricochet - Der Aufprall (Germany) [de]
Ricochete (Portugal) [pt]
Rikoset (Serbia) [sr]
Verdetto finale (Italy) [it]
Visszakézböl (Hungary) [hu]

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Germany:16 (cut) | Germany:18 (cut) | Argentina:16 | Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:R | South Korea:18 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Philippines:R-18 | Canada:18A | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (cut) | USA:R | Netherlands:16 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

City Hall - 200 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Cinema Plus

Trivia:

Mary Ellen Trainor played reporter Gail Wallens, a character she also played in Die Hard (1988).

Goofs:

Factual errors: As street cops, Styles and his partner are walking a beat at the carnival without their uniform hats, which are required whenever an officer is outdoors.

Quotes:

Alice Styles: You lied to me.
Nick Styles: I didn't lie to you. I just didn't tell the whole truth.
Alice Styles: You're such a lawyer.

Movie Connections:

References Predator (1987)

Soundtrack:

Makin' Happy

A pulse-pounding, first-class thriller!!!

I'm really glad I caught this flick on the Action Network, because this is one way cool movie! The excellent performances by the two main actors is alone worth watching. Denzel is great at whatever he does. As for John Lithgow...I am not exaggerating when I say he plays the most terrifying villain in movie history! His cold stare alone sends shivers down my spine. He plays the kind of cold-blooded murderer that would make Hannibal Lecter cringe. This movie proves Lithgow's versatility as an actor: He can play the lively, farcical Dick Solomon on "3rd Rock from the Sun" as good as he can a cold-blooded serial killer. The plot is full of twists and turns, and I didn't lose interest for a minute! I felt Denzel's pain and anguish as he would try to convince everyone around him that Lithgow was still alive and abducted him, and no one would believe a word he said. I wouldn't normally regard any movie with Ice T in the cast as "great," but I'll make an exception this time around. Aside from some laughably bad dialogue, this film is absolutely excellent and is definitely one of the best action/thrillers I've ever seen! I said it before and I'll say it again: You gotta check out Lithgow's performance in this movie! "Ricochet" is a MUST-SEE!!!!

My score: 9 (out of 10)