Ricochet (1991)


Ricochet
Release Date04 October 1991
US Box Office$22,000,000
TaglineHe's a cop accused of murder. And the only man who knows he's innocent is the killer who framed him.
GenreAction, Crime, Thriller
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsCity Hall - 200 N. Spring Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassAction Thriller
ThemesCriminal's Revenge, Haunted By the Past
TonesConfrontational, Flashy, Gritty, Menacing, Slick, Tense
TagsBad Guy, Capture, Cat And Mouse, Escaped Convict, Evil, False Accusation, Friendship, Genius, Good Guy, Investigation, Kill, Law Enforcement, Lawyer, Maniac, Murder, On The Run, Police, Prison, Revenge, Scheme, Tracking [following], Urban

Ricochet is a 1991 crime-thriller film, directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, and Lindsay Wagner. The film details a struggle between a Los Angeles attorney (Washington) and a vengeful criminal (Lithgow) he arrested and caused to be convicted when he was previously a cop.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Nick Styles

Blake

Odessa

Larry

Brimleigh

Gail Wallens

Reverend Styles

Wanda

Matt Landers
Chief Floyd

Lydell M. Cheshier
R.C.

Mrs. Styles

Babysitter

Kimberly Natasha Ali
Lisa Styles

Aileaha Jones
Monica Styles

Chewalski

Jesse

Don Perry
Book Man

Tom Finnegan
Desk Sergeant

Christopher Anthony Young
Locker Room Cop

Mark Phelan
Prison Doctor

Hugh Dane
Prison Guard

Albie Selznick
Blake's Lawyer

Frank Miller
Parole Board Chairman

Betty Carvalho
Female Board Member

Susan Campos
Channel 6 Reporter

Leonard O. Turner
Committee Chairman

Waitress

Joe Crummey
Disc Jockey

Irene Forrest
Cleaning Woman

Holly Kaplan
Connie

Michele Landry
Telethon Worker

Heidi Thomas
Reporter

Robert Martin Steinberg
Reporter

Susan Lentini
Reporter

Reporter

Jim Ishida
Reporter

Reporter

Lisa Nelson
Reporter

Kirsten Blakemore
Reporter

Ivan E. Roth
City Hall Worker

John Rubinow
ER Doctor

Tim De Zarn
Skinhead

Charles Neville
Odessa's Man

Quincy Adams Jr.
Odessa's Man

Andre Dukes
Odessa's Man

George Christy
Talk Show Host

K. Todd Freeman
Talk Show Guest

Marjorie Bransfield
Secretary

Drug-Dealer

Phil Forman
The Camera Bug

Aimée Leigh
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Bryan Nash
Juggler

Peter Riga
Member of News Crew at Church

Thomas Rosales Jr.
Drug-Dealer

Lisa Sanow
Punk Rocker

Director

Writer

Fred Dekker

Menno Meyjes

Producer

James Herbert
co-producer

executive producer

Michael Levy
producer

producer

Suzanne Todd
co-producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Peter Levy
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Editor

Peter Honess
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Casting Director

Ferne Cassel

Robin Lippin
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Production Designer

Jaymes Hinkle
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Art Director

Christiaan Wagener
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Set Decorator

Richard C. Goddard

Sam Gross
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Costume Designer

Marilyn Vance

Makeup Department

Paul Abascal
hair stylist

Scott H. Eddo
makeup artist

Greg LaCava
additional makeup artist

Allen Payne
hair department head

Edna Sheen
makeup artist

Kenneth Walker
hair stylist: Denzel Washington

Brad Wilder
makeup artist

Production Manager

James Herbert
unit production manager

Richard Mirisch
post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Robert Leveen
second assistant director

Charlie Picerni
second unit director

David Sardi
first assistant director

Daniel Silverberg
second second assistant director

Art Department

Leonard Cross
lead man

Joseph C. Fama
construction coordinator

Jim Husbands
swing gang

Tom Lawson
propmaker

Art Lipschultz
property master

Larry McGuire
assistant props

Eric Orbom
set designer

Anthony Paronelli
paint foreman

Troy Alan Peters
assistant props

John Root
stand-by painter

Mike Rutgard
set dresser

Dick Sable
painter

John Schacht
lead man

Theresa Wachter
assistant art director

Sound Department

David A. Arnold
sound editor

Gregg Barbanell
foley artist

Beth Bergeron
adr editor

Destiny Borden
assistant sound editor, sound assistant

Ed Callahan
sound editor

Samuel C. Crutcher
sound effects editor

Zack Davis
sound editor

Robert Deschaine
adr mixer

Christopher Flick
foley supervisor

Sukey Fontelieu
sound editor

Laura Graham
foley editor

Victor Grodecki
sound editor

Kimberly Harris
supervising adr editor

Allan Hartz
supervising dialogue editor

Mauriece Jacks Jr.
cable person

Doug Kent
sound assistant

Rick Kline
sound re-recording mixer

Dave Kulczycki
sound editor

Cliff Latimer
adr editor

Patricio A. Libenson
sound effects recordist

Melissa Lytle
assistant sound editor

Edward Malone
first sound assistant

Courtenay Marvin
assistant sound editor, apprentice sound editor

Martin Maryska
supervising sound editor

James Matheny
sound editor

Bob Newlan
sound editor

Ed Novick
sound

Dan O'Connell
foley artist

Kevin O'Connell
sound re-recording mixer

Christopher O'Donnell
boom operator

Greg Orloff
foley mixer

Mark Pappas
foley editor

John Rotondi
sound engineer: Y4

Janelle Showalter
assistant sound editor

Alicia Stevenson
foley artist

Special Effects

H. Barclay Aaris
special effects assistant

Greg Curtis
special effects

Al Di Sarro
special effects technical advisor

Bob Graham
special effects

Robert S. Henderson
special effects

Michael Meinardus
special effects coordinator

George Zamora
special effects technician

Visual Effects

Beverly Bernacki
optical supervisor

John T. Van Vliet
visual effects supervisor

Stunts

Danny Aiello III
stunts

Pete Antico
stunts

Robert Apisa
stunts

Bob Arnold
stunts

Pat Banta
stunt double

Kenny Bates
stunts

Sandy Berumen
stunts

Janet Brady
stunts

Nick Brett
stunts

Charlie Brewer
stunts

John Cenatiempo
stunts

Alex Chapman
stunts

stunts

Thomas Dewier
stunts

Ousaun Elam
stunts

Kenny Endoso
stunts

stunts

F. Pierre Gatling
stunt driver

James M. Halty
stunts

Norman Howell
stunts

Kim Robert Koscki
stunts

Mike Marasco
stunts

stunts

Alan Oliney
stunts

Noon Orsatti
stunts

Jimmy Ortega
stunts

Victor Paul
stunts

Charlie Picerni
stunt coordinator

Chuck Picerni Jr.
stunts

Paul V. Picerni Jr.
stunts

Steve Picerni
stunts

Thomas Rosales Jr.
stunts

Tierre Turner
stunts

Axel Wolf
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Stuart Abramson
key grip

Ron Batzdorff
still photographer

John S. Beyers
best boy electric

Henry Cline
first assistant camera: "b" camera

Brian Crane
electrician

Mark Davison
first assistant camera

Jeff Durling
electrician

Leigh Feitelberg
second assistant camera

Samuel Buddy Fries
camera operator: "b" camera

David Gillespie
second dolly grip

Bill Greenberg
electrician

Edward A. Gutentag
second assistant camera: "b" camera

Simon Jayes
crane operator: Technocrane

Craig Kohtala
best boy grip

Jack Kohtala
grip

Mark O'Kane
camera operator: "b" camera, Steadicam operator

Douglas Olivares
assistant camera

Brian T. Pitts
second assistant camera: "b" camera

Bradford Ralston
video assist operator

Krishna Rao
camera operator

Raman Rao
gaffer

Bob Rust
dolly grip

David Rust
grip

Frank D. Tobin
rigging gaffer

Don Hayashi
assistant camera

Mark Simon
assistant camera

Casting Department

Lisa Chadwick
casting assistant

Barbara Harris
voice casting

Franklyn Warren
extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Jacqueline G. Arthur
assistant to costume designer

Stephanie Colin
set costumer

Maritza Garcia
costume supervisor

Frank Perry Rose
costume supervisor

Antoinette Squeo
costumer

Michael Voght
set costumer: men

Editorial Department

Gary Burritt
negative cutter

Audrey Evans
second assistant film editor

Dale E. Grahn
color timer

Darrell Hall
assistant editor

Mary E. Jochem
first assistant editor

Omneya 'Nini' Mazen
executive in charge of post-production

Music Department

Don Davis
orchestrator

Kenneth Karman
supervising music editor

Clayton Leander
score recording assistant

Matt Patterson
music recordist

William Ross
additional orchestrator

Dennis S. Sands
scoring mixer

Kevin Sellers
score recording assistant

conductor

Craig Silvey
assistant scoring engineer

Steven L. Smith
music preparation

Jacqueline Tager
music editor

Lorren White
score recording assistant

Transportation Department

Michael Avallon
driver

Alan Falco
transportation coordinator

Steve Imbler
transportation captain

Other Crew

Kathy Barnett
assistant: Joel Silver

Michael S. Berlly
production assistant

Michael Carroll
production assistant

Lydell M. Cheshier
production assistant

Jack Crain
knife design/manufacturer

Joel Freeman
production executive

Damian Ganczewski
assistant production office coordinator

Alan Grabelsky
production executive

Liz Heath
second assistant accountant

John Himelstein
production assistant

John Kane
publicist

Laura Lee Kasten
production assistant

Philip Ross Kessel
production assistant

Guy Killum
adr voice

George Larson
assistant location manager

Lydia Lipatan-Sarmiento
first assistant accountant

George McDowell Agnew
location manager

Alexander Reid
production secretary

Jacobus Rose
production executive

Ann C. Salzer
production assistant

John Santini
pilot

Alan Schechter
assistant: Michael Levy

Meryle Selinger
production accountant

Lesa Shapiro
production assistant

Scott Sheckman
assistant: Russell Mulcahy

Mark Suveg
craft service

Charles A. Tamburro
pilot

Marion Tumen
script supervisor

Debbie Wacker
assistant: Joel Silver

Louise Webber
assistant: Barry Josephson

Anna Zappia
production office coordinator

Production Company

Cinema Plus
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Home Box Office (HBO)
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Silver Pictures
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Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Aquarius TV

Astro Distribution

Laser Paradise

Metropolitan Filmexport

Unión Films S.A.

VPS Film-Entertainment GmbH

Special Effects

Available Light Productions
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Video Image
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Miscellaneous

Central Casting
extras casting

Movie Movers
cast trailers

Roadrunner Sound Inc.
post-production sound