Where to watch In the Electric Mist(2009)

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In the Electric Mist plot summary

NO ONE CAN ESCAPE THE SINS OF THE PAST

Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. When the star of the film, Elrod Sykes, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man whose murder he witnessed 35 years earlier.

Details

Release date

April 15, 2009

Runtime

1h 57m

Genres

Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery

Directed by

Bertrand Tavernier

Country

France, United States

TMDB rating

6.1 / 10 · 487 votes

In the Electric Mist trailer

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Cast

• Tommy Lee JonesDave Robicheaux
• John GoodmanJulie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
• Peter SarsgaardElrod Sykes
• Mary SteenburgenBootsie Robicheaux
• Kelly MacdonaldKelly Drummond
• Justina MachadoRosie Gomez
• Ned BeattyTwinky LeMoyne
• James GammonBen Hebert
• Pruitt Taylor VinceLou Girard
• Levon HelmGeneral John Bell Hood

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