The Public Eye
“Murder. Scandal. Crime. No matter what he was shooting, "The Great Bernzini" never took sides, he only took pictures... Except once.”
A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Public Eye performed
Budget
$15.0M
Worldwide Gross
$3.1M
Gross Profit
−$11.9M
Return
0.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$515K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Leon Bernstein
Joe Pesci
Leon Bernstein
Kay Levitz
Barbara Hershey
Kay Levitz
Sal
Stanley Tucci
Sal
Arthur Nabler
Jerry Adler
Arthur Nabler
Spoleto
Dominic Chianese
Spoleto
Officer O'Brien
Richard Riehle
Officer O'Brien
Teen at Thompson Street
Max Brooks
Teen at Thompson Street
Photographer - Thompson Street
Richard Schiff
Photographer - Thompson Street
Puerto Rican Woman
Laura Cerón
Puerto Rican Woman
Ambulance Attendant
Christian Stolte
Ambulance Attendant
Photo Editor
Jack Denbo
Photo Editor
Lonely Woman at Drugstore
Ellen McElduff
Lonely Woman at Drugstore
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