Sunset Grill (film)
Sunset Grill is a 1993 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Kevin Connor and starring Peter Weller as a private detective in Los Angeles. It co-stars Lori Singer and Stacy Keach.
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| Directed by | Kevin Connor |
| Produced by | Faruque Ahmed |
| Written by | Chip Walter Marcus Wright Faruque Ahmed |
| Starring | Peter Weller Lori Singer Stacy Keach Alexandra Paul John Rhys-Davies |
| Music by | Ken Thorne |
| Cinematography | Douglas Milsome |
| Edited by | Barry Peters |
Production company | The Movie Group Cinema Studio |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Ryder Hart is a private investigator and former police officer who is down on his luck and drinks too much. His estranged wife Anita runs a bar and restaurant called the Sunset Grill. Anita is romantically involved with Jeff Carruthers, a Los Angeles police detective who formerly worked with Hart.
Carruthers introduces Hart to a wealthy businessman, Harrison Shelgrove, and his alluring assistant Loren. When someone close to them is murdered, Hart and Carruthers team up to try to solve the crime.
In the course of their investigation they uncover another mystery involving illegal immigrants from Mexico, including two who worked at the Sunset Grill.
Cast
- Peter Weller as Ryder Hart, a private detective with a drinking problem
- Lori Singer as Loren, assistant to Harrison Shelgrove
- Stacy Keach as Harrison Shelgrove, a wealthy oil executive and philanthropist
- Alexandra Paul as Anita, Hart's estranged wife
- Jonathan Rhys-Davies as Stockton, a corrupt INS police officer
- Michael Anderson, Jr. as Jeff Carruthers, a police lieutenant and Anita's love interest
- Randy Pelish as Dr. Tarbus, a medical researcher whose work is financed by Shelgrove
- Pete Koch as Christian, a brutal thug
- Michael Medeiros as Mule, a thug who works with Christian
- Richard Coca as Ricardo, an employee of the Sunset Grill restaurant and bar
- Michael Fernandes as Ramon, a leader of the undocumented immigrant community
- Kelly Jo Minter as Joanna Ramirez, an INS police officer and Stockton's partner
- Daniel Addes as Victor
- Benito Martinez as Guillermo, an employee of the Sunset Grill who is killed in Tijuana
- Woodford Croft as Mr. Pietrowski, a client of Hart
- Sandra Wild as Mrs. Pietrowski, the subject of one of Hart's investigations