In the Electric Mist

In the Electric Mist

117 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | April 15, 2009

Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man who he saw being murdered 35 years before.

In the Electric Mist

117 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery | April 15, 2009

In the Electric Mist
Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. At the same time, after Elrod Sykes, the star of the film, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man who he saw being murdered 35 years before.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Little Bear, Ithaca Pictures
Original title In the Electric Mist
Directors Samuel W. Sullivan, Bertrand Tavernier
Writers James Lee Burke, Mary Olson-Kromolowski, Jerzy Kromolowski

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones

as Dave Robicheaux

John Goodman

as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni

Peter Sarsgaard

as Elrod Sykes

Mary Steenburgen

as Bootsie Robicheaux

Kelly Macdonald

as Kelly Drummond

Justina Machado

as Rosie Gomez

Ned Beatty

as Twinky LeMoyne

James Gammon

as Ben Hebert

Pruitt Taylor Vince

as Lou Girard

Levon Helm

as General John Bell Hood

Buddy Guy

as Sam 'Hogman' Patin

Julio Cedillo

as Cholo Manelli

Bernard Hocke

as Murphy Doucet

John Sayles

as Michael Goldman

Gary Grubbs

as Sheriff

Walter Breaux

as Batist

Alana Locke

as Alafair Robicheaux

Adella Gautier

as Clothilde

Louis Herthum

as Doobie Patout

Ritchie Montgomery

as Club Leon Bartender

Tony Molina Jr.

as Adonis Brown

Randy Austin

as St. Clare Parish Deputy

Richard Andrew Jones

as Sollie Rothberg

Andrea Frankle

as Margot