---
title: 'Heaven''s Prisoners (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Phil Joanou'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 126
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/heavens-prisoners-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116508/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Heaven's Prisoners (1996)

1996 · 126 min · Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Heaven's Prisoners is a 1996 American crime thriller film directed by Phil Joanou and starring Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Teri Hatcher and Eric Roberts. It is based on a Dave Robicheaux homonymous novel by James Lee Burke. Harley Peyton and Scott Frank wrote the screenplay. It was released on May 17, 1996 by New Line Cinema.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Phil Joanou](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-joanou)
- **Screenplay:** [Scott Frank](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-frank)
- **Original Music Composer:** [George Fenton](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-fenton)
- **Producer:** [Albert S. Ruddy](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-s-ruddy)
- **Director of Photography:** [Haris Savides](https://cinepixo.com/people/haris-savides)
- **Editor:** [William Steinkamp](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-steinkamp)

## Cast

- [Mary Stuart Masterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-stuart-masterson)
- [Socorro Santiago](https://cinepixo.com/people/socorro-santiago)
- [Paul Guilfoyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-guilfoyle)
- [Don Brady](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-brady)
- [Lenore Banks](https://cinepixo.com/people/lenore-banks)
- [Hawthorne James](https://cinepixo.com/people/hawthorne-james)
- [Alec Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-baldwin) as Dave Robicheaux
- [Saul Stein](https://cinepixo.com/people/saul-stein)
- [Kelly Lynch](https://cinepixo.com/people/kelly-lynch)
- [Anne Schedeen](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-schedeen)
- [Joe Viterelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-viterelli)
- [Vondie Curtis-Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/vondie-curtis-hall)
- [Don Stark](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-stark)
- [Christopher Kriesa](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-kriesa)
- [Badja Djola](https://cinepixo.com/people/badja-djola)

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