# The January Man (1989)

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**Runtime**: 97 min
**Genres**: Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Comedy
**Directed by**: Pat O'Connor
**Written by**: John Patrick Shanley
**Starring**: Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Harvey Keitel, Danny Aiello, Rod Steiger

> *Catching a serial killer takes a seriously twisted cop.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

January’s first thaw, a coffee shop’s broken neon buzzing like a hive. Two brothers again: one ex-cop, one still on the job. A murder clock ticks down every seventh night. Corruption hums beneath the city’s ice, sweet as stolen sugar. One must play decoy with his own badge.

Pat O’Connor’s thriller thaws in mordant neon noir.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, paranoid

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