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The Public Eye (1992)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:7
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on the life of Arthur "Weegee the Famous" Fellig, the tabloid photographer who worked in New York City in the 1930's and 1940's. Leon "The Great Bernzy" Bernstein specializes in photographs... Based on the life of Arthur "Weegee the Famous" Fellig, the tabloid photographer who worked in New York City in the 1930's and 1940's. Leon "The Great Bernzy" Bernstein specializes in photographs of crime, death, and life on the streets. He is always able to scoop his competitors, frequently arriving at crime scenes before even the police and developing the photographs in the trunk of his car. When a beautiful night-club owner, who is being blackmailed, comes to him for help, he finds himself in trouble with the Mafia. [More]
Starring: Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Stanley Tucci, Jerry Alder
Starring: Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Stanley Tucci, Jerry Alder, Jared Harris
Director: Howard Franklin
Director: Howard Franklin
Reviews for The Public Eye
A period noir thriller, in which Pesci plays one of his few lead roles as Leon (Bernzy)Bernstein, a magician behind the lens with an eye for life's darker side blessed with the soul of an artist
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