In the Electric Mist

2009 · 1h42 · Film

Directed by Bertrand Tavernier

Starring Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard, Mary Steenburgen, Kelly Macdonald, Justina Machado, Ned Beatty, James Gammon, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Levon Helm

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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. When the star of the film, Elrod Sykes, 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 whose murder he witnessed 35 years earlier.

Original language

English

Country

France, United States

Screenplay

Jerzy Kromolowski, Mary Olson-Kromolowski

Music

Marco Beltrami

Cinematography

Bruno de Keyzer

Cast

Mary Steenburgen, Kelly Macdonald, Justina Machado, Ned Beatty, James Gammon, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Levon Helm

Updated August 14, 2026

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