The Bonfire of the Vanities

Dec 21, 1990

2h 5m

★ 5.6

Take one Wall Street tycoon, his Fifth Avenue mistress, a reporter hungry for fame, and make the wrong turn in The Bronx...then sit back and watch the sparks fly.

Overview

After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Sherman McCoy

Tom Hanks

Peter Fallow

Bruce Willis

Maria Ruskin

Melanie Griffith

Judy McCoy

Kim Cattrall

Jed Kramer

Saul Rubinek

Judge Leonard White

Morgan Freeman

Reverend Bacon

John Hancock

Tom Killian

Kevin Dunn

Albert Fox

Clifton James

Ray Andruitti

Louis Giambalvo

Det. Martin

Barton Heyman

Det. Goldberg

Norman Parker

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