Homicide is a 1991 American crime drama film written and directed by David Mamet. The film's cast includes Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, and Ving Rhames. It was entered in the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Bobby Gold is a homicide detective on the trail of Robert Randolph, a drug-dealer and cop-killer on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. En route to nab an accomplice of Randolph, Gold and his partner Tim Sullivan happen upon a murder scene: the elderly Jewish owner of a candy store in a ghetto has been gunned down, reportedly for a fortune hidden in her basement. The deceased woman's son, a doctor, uses his clout to have Gold assigned to the case in the belief that Gold, himself Jewish, might be empathetic to his plight. Gold, however, seems to disregard his ethnicity and is irritated about being pulled off a much higher-profile case. Ultimately, though, this is offset by interactions with members of the Jewish community that play on Gold's feelings of inadequacy and inability to fit in. A nighttime survey of the crime scene uncovers an important piece of the woman's past, and Gold's reluctance turns to curiosity, leading to the discovery of a Zionist organization operating in the city. The apparent power and sense of pride these people have is appealing to Gold, and he attempts to become a part of their group. Gold is thrust into a series of circumstances that test not only his loyalty to the badge, but also his newfound Jewish consciousness. Gold finds the old woman at one time was running guns for a Jewish liberation group. The group is attempting to protect their people from threats within the community. When asked to steal a list of group member names from police evidence to protect the group, Gold objects and is rejected by the Jewish group leaders for denying his faith.

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Notable quotes

“Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.”
— Bible, Book of Genesis 9:6 (World English Bible version)
“It must be true that whenever a sensational murder is committed there are people who — though they are, quite properly, of no interest to law enforcers, attorneys, or newspaper reporters — weep, lie sleepless, and realize at last that their lives have been changed by a crime in which they played no part.”
— Viña Delmar, The Becker Scandal, a Time Remembered (1968).
“If the masterpiece was murder, I'd major in art.”
— Curtis J. Jackson, "Gatman and Robbin" (2005), The Massacre
“Hell of a thing killing a man... you take away all he has and all he's gonna have.”
— Will Munny (Clint Eastwood), Unforgiven (1992), written by David Webb Peoples
“No place, indeed, should murder sanctuarize.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act IV, scene 7, line 128.
“Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.”
— George Henry Lewes, Physiology of Common Life, Chapter XII.

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Overview

Homicide is a 1991 American crime drama film written and directed by David Mamet. The film's cast includes Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, and Ving Rhames. It was entered in the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Bobby Gold is a homicide detective on the trail of Robert Randolph, a drug-dealer and cop-killer on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. En route to nab an accomplice of Randolph, Gold and his partner Tim Sullivan happen upon a murder scene: the elderly Jewish owner of a candy store in a ghetto has been gunned down, reportedly for a fortune hidden in her basement. The deceased woman's son, a doctor, uses his clout to have Gold assigned to the case in the belief that Gold, himself Jewish, might be empathetic to his plight. Gold, however, seems to disregard his ethnicity and is irritated about being pulled off a much higher-profile case. Ultimately, though, this is offset by interactions with members of the Jewish community that play on Gold's feelings of inadequacy and inability to fit in. A nighttime survey of the crime scene uncovers an important piece of the woman's past, and Gold's reluctance turns to curiosity, leading to the discovery of a Zionist organization operating in the city. The apparent power and sense of pride these people have is appealing to Gold, and he attempts to become a part of their group. Gold is thrust into a series of circumstances that test not only his loyalty to the badge, but also his newfound Jewish consciousness. Gold finds the old woman at one time was running guns for a Jewish liberation group. The group is attempting to protect their people from threats within the community. When asked to steal a list of group member names from police evidence to protect the group, Gold objects and is rejected by the Jewish group leaders for denying his faith.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Homicide is a 1991 American crime drama film written and directed by David Mamet. The film's cast includes Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, and Ving Rhames. It was entered in the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.

Notable quotes

“Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.”
— Bible, Book of Genesis 9:6 (World English Bible version)
“It must be true that whenever a sensational murder is committed there are people who — though they are, quite properly, of no interest to law enforcers, attorneys, or newspaper reporters — weep, lie sleepless, and realize at last that their lives have been changed by a crime in which they played no part.”
— Viña Delmar, The Becker Scandal, a Time Remembered (1968).
“If the masterpiece was murder, I'd major in art.”
— Curtis J. Jackson, "Gatman and Robbin" (2005), The Massacre
“Hell of a thing killing a man... you take away all he has and all he's gonna have.”
— Will Munny (Clint Eastwood), Unforgiven (1992), written by David Webb Peoples
“No place, indeed, should murder sanctuarize.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act IV, scene 7, line 128.
“Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.”
— George Henry Lewes, Physiology of Common Life, Chapter XII.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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