Crimes and Misdemeanors

Crimes and Misdemeanors is a film written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Woody Allen (as Cliff), Martin Landau (as Judah), Mia Farrow (as Halley), and Anjelica Huston (as Dolores). The film was met with critical acclaim and was nominated for the following Academy Awards:

Plot

The film is set in 1980s New York and follows two main characters: Judah, a successful Ophthalmologist, and Cliff, a failed documentary filmmaker. The two men are each confronted, respectively, with different moral crises.

Related Topics:
1980s - New York - Ophthalmologist - Documentary - Filmmaker

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Judah's crisis concerns the affair he had with an airline stewardess named Dolores. After Judah unceremoniously ends their relationship, Dolores, scorned, blackmails Judah, threatening to tell his wife about their affair. Frustrated and desperate, Judah has her killed, and subsequently must deal with his guilt.

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Cliff, on the other hand, falls in love with a woman named Halley, who is producing a documentary Cliff is working on. Cliff becomes despondent over his miserable marriage, and pursues Halley, who eventually rejects Cliff for a man that is his polar opposite.

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