Motherless Brooklyn

Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog (Edward Norton), a lonely private detective living with Tourette Syndrome, as he ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). Armed only with a few clues and the powerful engine of his obsessive mind, Lionel unravels closely guarded secrets that hold the fate of the whole city in the balance. In a mystery that carries him from gin-soaked jazz clubs in Harlem to the hard-edged slums of Brooklyn and, finally, into the gilded halls of New York's power brokers, Lionel contends with thugs, corruption and the most dangerous man in the city to honor his friend and save the woman who might be his own salvation.

Cast
Edward Norton - Lionel Essrog
Bruce Willis - Frank Minna
Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Laura Rose
Bobby Cannavale - Tony Vermonte
Cherry Jones - Gabby Horowitz
Michael Kenneth Williams - Trumpet Man
Leslie Mann - Julia Minna
Ethan Suplee - Gilbert Coney
Dallas Roberts - Danny Fanti
Josh Pais - William Lieberman
Robert Wisdom - Billy Rose
Fisher Stevens - Lou
Alec Baldwin - Moses Randolph
Willem Dafoe - Paul Randolph

Directors
Edward Norton

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