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The January Man is a 1989 American neo-noir thriller comedy film directed by Pat O'Connor from a screenplay by John Patrick Shanley. The film stars Kevin Kline as Nick Starkey, a smart ex-NYPD detective who is lured back into service by his police commissioner brother (Harvey Keitel) when a serial killer terrorizes the city.
The January Man: Directed by Pat O'Connor. With Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Harvey Keitel. Two years after being forced out of NYPD, quirky Nick is rehired by the mayor to catch a serial killer after the 11th murder of a woman.
The city's mayor ( Rod Steiger, foaming at the mouth) demands that the killings stop. So the mayor's chief assistant ( Harvey Keitel) calls on his brother ( Kevin Kline ), who was a brilliant but nonconformist cop until he got kicked off the force and became a fireman instead.
1989 · 1 hr 38 min. R. Comedy · Action · Crime · Mystery. A killer comedy that has an ex-cop trailing a serial murderer... and the mayor's sexy daughter! Kevin Kline leads an all-star cast that includes Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Harvey Keitel and Rod Steiger. Subtitles: English.
Disgraced ex-policeman Nick Starkey (Kevin Kline) is brought back to the force by his brother Frank (Harvey Keitel) to help find a serial killer loose in New York City.
- Crime, Drama, Comedy
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The January Man initially feels like a thriller, opening with a woman being strangled to death, which segues to the mayor of New York City discussing the murder, the eleventh in as many months committed by a serial killer who uses a blue tape to suffocate his victims, with the police commissioner.
