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Take one Wall Street tycoon, his Fifth Avenue mistress, a reporter hungry for fame, and make the wrong turn in The Bronx...then sit back and watch the sparks fly.
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After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
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Directed by: Brian De Palma, Vilmos Zsigmond, Eric Schwab
Produced by: Peter Guber, Jon Peters, Brian De Palma
Composed by: Dave Grusin
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