Motherless Brooklyn
6.7
1,603 votes·2019
·2h 25m
·MovieDramaThriller
Overview
New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.
Commercial Verdict
Disaster
Revenue vs Budget0.7x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Significant financial loss
Keywords
based on novel or bookjazz clubtourette syndromebrooklyn, new york cityprivate detectivemurder investigationpolitical corruptionneo-noir1950s
Cast
Edward Norton
Lionel Essrog
Bruce Willis
Frank Minna
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Laura Rose
Alec Baldwin
Moses Randolph
Willem Dafoe
Paul Randolph
Bobby Cannavale
Tony Vermonte
Cherry Jones
Gabby Horowitz
Michael Kenneth Williams
Trumpet Man
Leslie Mann
Julia Minna
Ethan Suplee
Gilbert Coney
Dallas Roberts
Danny Fantl
Josh Pais
William Lieberman
Robert Wisdom
Billy Rose
Fisher Stevens
Lou
Radu Spinghel
Giant Man
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