![]() ![]() ![]() With director Robert Harmon back on the case, pic again masters a slow-rolling noirish tone though very little actually happens. He also immediately begins a quickie affair with City Attorney Abby (Polly Shannon), which doesn’t prevent Hasty’s wife (Stephanie March) from propositioning him, promising something “very nice, and very uncomplicated.” ![]() The prequel also affords Stone a chance to begin breaking in his staff, which must grow accustomed to his little eccentricities, from bringing his dog to the office to settling a domestic dispute call by giving the pugnacious husband (Stephen Baldwin, with maybe the worst hairdo ever) a swift kick where it will do the most good. That suspicion grows when his predecessor turns up dead, suggesting some shady doings have preceded him. He’s still a wounded soul, smarting from the dissolution of his marriage, though he and his ex indulge in latenight conversations filled with melancholy.Ĭruising into Paradise, Stone shows up half-stoned for the interview, which makes him a little perplexed when the town’s heavyweight businessman, Hasty Hathaway (Saul Rubinek), hails him like a conquering hero. “Night Passage” goes back to Stone’s arrival, having been booted off the L.A. Parker’s novels, the first pic involved a stunning murder spree in the quiet little hamlet. ![]()
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