Heaven's Prisoners

Heaven's Prisoners (1996)

For an ex-cop obsessed with an unsolved murder, trusting the wrong woman could be a deadly choice.

A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.

Date of release
1996-05-17
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (90)
Runtime
2h 12m
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Director
Phil Joanou

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Heaven's Prisoners
  • Filmed in: New Orleans

Heaven's Prisoners is a 1996 American crime thriller film directed by Phil Joanou and starring Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Teri Hatcher and Eric Roberts. It is based on a Dave Robicheaux homonymous novel by James Lee Burke. Harley Peyton and Scott Frank wrote the screenplay. It was released on May 17, 1996 by New Line Cinema.

Production

Teri Hatcher recalled a awkward situation that happened while she was shooting her frontal nude scene on a balcony. "We were shooting at a beautiful old plantation house which is also a popular museum in New Orleans," said Teri. "I had been doing the scene all afternoon. I was standing on the balcony and I walked past these huge glass doors.

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