Manhattan Night

May 20, 2016

1h 53m

★ 5.9

No reporter can resist a siren.

Overview

Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. At home, he is a dedicated husband and father. But when Caroline, a seductive stranger asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her filmmaker husband Simon, he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail--one that threatens his job, his marriage, and his life.

Genres

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

DeCubellis Films

Fable House

Manhattan Night Trailers

Cast

Porter Wren

Adrien Brody

Caroline Crowley

Yvonne Strahovski

Simon Crowley

Campbell Scott

Lisa Wren

Jennifer Beals

Hobbs

Steven Berkoff

Norma

Linda Lavin

Ron

Kevin Breznahan

Tommy

Thomas Bair

Billy

Will Beinbrink

Campbell

Frank Deal

Luis

Raul Aranas

Haitian Woman

Chinasa Ogbuagu

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