"Just relax, darlin'. This is the Big Easy. Folks have a certain way o' doin' things down here."

"If I can't have you, can I have my gator?"

"New Orleans is a marvelous environment for coincidence."

"A cop and a lady lawyer caught in an explosive truth of police corruption"

"Between them lies the fate of the state of New Orleans."

"Police action at its best."

"Dennis Quaid - Detective Lieutenant Remy McSwain"

"Ellen Barkin - A.D.A. Anne Osborne"

"Ned Beatty - Jack Kellom"

"John Goodman - Detective Sergeant Andre DeSoto"