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Out of Time
Why this pick
A charismatic small-town police chief is personally entangled in a murder investigation, sustaining The Mighty Quinn’s blend of tropical heat, suspicion, and pressured loyalties.
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MOVIE1989 1h 38m USA
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A colorful, unruly adventure with broad comic energy and tropical spectacle; a fit for the playful Caribbean flavor more than the procedural side of The Mighty Quinn.
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A police thriller built around divided loyalties and an investigator whose personal bonds complicate the job, though with a sharper urban edge than Quinn’s island setting.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Xavier Quinn is the chief of police on a small Caribbean island. When Donald Pater, the millionaire owner of a luxury resort hotel, is found murdered, everyone assumes that the culprit is Maubee, a petty crook who also is Quinn's best friend. Quinn doesn't believe it and clashes with the island's inept Governor Chalk and his arrogant political fixer Thomas Elgin. Quinn's worries over the murder exacerbate his troubles at home; he is estranged from his wife, Lola, and rarely has time to see his son.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Denzel Washington
Xavier Quinn
James Fox
Thomas Elgin
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Lola Quinn
Art Evans
Jump Jones
Robert Townsend
Maubee
Cedella Marley
Eliza
Norman Beaton
Governor Chalk
Alex Colon
Jose Patina