When you use as a title one of the Gershwin Brothers great ballads you have me
half sold on a film already. Some elements of the classic noir film Pitfall are
present in Someone To Watch Over Me.
Unlike Dick Powell who is an insurance investigator , Tom Berenger is a detective with the NYPD. He's a regular blue color guy with wife Lorraine Bracco and a young son. He draws the task of guarding society woman Mimi Rogers who was the witness to a brutal killing by psychotic mobster Andreas Katsulas. The roles that Rogers, Bracco, and Katsulas play were done in Pitfall by Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, and Raymond Burr.
Like that line from the Gershwin song Berenger is lost and intrigued in the woods of Mimi's glamorous world. Berenger's head does more than turn as he gets into an affair with the woman he's supposed to be guarding.
Burr was a terrifying and brutal villain in Pitfall and Katsulas will scare the pants off you in this film. He's a bomb with a faulty timer. You never know when he's going off.
Film makers seem to love the Guggenheim Museum in New York to shoot glitzy gatherings in and no exception here. In fact the whole thing is shot on a budget to dwarf Pitfall.
All to good advantage as the leads give great performances. Look for a nice turn from Jerry Orbach as Berenger's superviser.
Unlike Dick Powell who is an insurance investigator , Tom Berenger is a detective with the NYPD. He's a regular blue color guy with wife Lorraine Bracco and a young son. He draws the task of guarding society woman Mimi Rogers who was the witness to a brutal killing by psychotic mobster Andreas Katsulas. The roles that Rogers, Bracco, and Katsulas play were done in Pitfall by Lizabeth Scott, Jane Wyatt, and Raymond Burr.
Like that line from the Gershwin song Berenger is lost and intrigued in the woods of Mimi's glamorous world. Berenger's head does more than turn as he gets into an affair with the woman he's supposed to be guarding.
Burr was a terrifying and brutal villain in Pitfall and Katsulas will scare the pants off you in this film. He's a bomb with a faulty timer. You never know when he's going off.
Film makers seem to love the Guggenheim Museum in New York to shoot glitzy gatherings in and no exception here. In fact the whole thing is shot on a budget to dwarf Pitfall.
All to good advantage as the leads give great performances. Look for a nice turn from Jerry Orbach as Berenger's superviser.