Bad Lieutenant

Bad Lieutenant
Naked middle aged exhausted man standing with his face are sad and the film's title toward him and the film's credits below him.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAbel Ferrara
Written by
Produced byEdward R. Pressman
StarringHarvey Keitel
CinematographyKen Kelsch
Edited byAnthony Redman
Music byJoe Delia
Distributed byAries Films
Release date
  • November 20, 1992 (1992-11-20)
Running time
96 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
Budget$1 million[citation needed]
Box office$2 million[2]

Bad Lieutenant is a 1992 American neo-noir crime film directed by Abel Ferrara. The film stars Harvey Keitel as the title character "bad lieutenant" as well as Victor Argo and Paul Calderón. The screenplay was co-written by Ferrara with actress-model Zoë Lund, both of whom appear in the film in minor roles. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.

Since its release, Bad Lieutenant has become one of Ferrara's best known and most critically appreciated works, as well as a cult film.

  1. ^ "BAD LIEUTENANT (18)". Guild Film Distribution. British Board of Film Classification. October 16, 1992. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  2. ^ "Bad Lieutenant (1992)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 9, 2018.

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