The Big Easy (1986) — Screenplay
A New Orleans cop probing a mobster's murder suspects his own precinct is corrupt, risking everything to expose the truth.
- Written by
- Daniel Petrie Jr.
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama, Crime
- Length
- 130 pages
This script is a masterclass in balancing tone, weaving humor and grit into a crime procedural with Southern flavor. Study how Petrie Jr. builds a morally complex protagonist whose charm masks a compromised conscience, and how the investigative structure tightens the suspense while enriching the city's character.
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