Wes Block: Twenty-eight years ago I borrowed 40 dollars from my father, packed up an old, beat up suitcase, took a bus and came here. I was seventeen at the time. While I walked through the French Quarter, I looked out over the Mississippi and swore I’d never leave. Beryl Thibodeaux: Ever come close? Wes Block: Only once. When I looked down and saw that the suitcase was missing.

Amerikansk thriller från 1984. Handling: Detektiven Wes Block (Clint Eastwood) utreder en serie sexmord i New Orleans. Men snart visar det sig att Block och mördaren har gemen­samma drag, och att offren är bekanta till Block. Snart hotas även Blocks egna döttrar. Originaltitel: Tightrope. Rek fr 15 år.