Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But after saving a young girl from a plane crash in a nearby lagoon his life is turned upside down and he finds himself up to his neck in drug smuggling and murder.
Based on the second of James Lee Burke's excellent Dave Robicheaux series of crime novels, this tale of vengeance in the Bayou manages to keep hold of the novel's sinister and sweaty atmosphere. Alec Baldwin heads a pretty cool cast from the time including Eric Roberts, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Teri Hatcher who has a memorable opening scene.
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