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Feature film — 2009

In the Electric Mist (2009)

6.11h 57mThriller — Drama — Crime — Mystery

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.

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A high-signal pick with 492 votes.

Little Bear / Ithaca Pictures / TF1 International

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Director: Bertrand Tavernier

On screen

Cast & crew

Tommy Lee Jones as Dave Robicheaux

Tommy Lee Jones

Dave Robicheaux

John Goodman as Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni

John Goodman

Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni

Peter Sarsgaard as Elrod Sykes

Peter Sarsgaard

Elrod Sykes

Mary Steenburgen as Bootsie Robicheaux

Mary Steenburgen

Bootsie Robicheaux

Kelly Macdonald as Kelly Drummond

Kelly Macdonald

Kelly Drummond

Justina Machado as Rosie Gomez

Justina Machado

Rosie Gomez

Ned Beatty as Twinky LeMoyne

Ned Beatty

Twinky LeMoyne

James Gammon as Ben Hebert

James Gammon

Ben Hebert

Pruitt Taylor Vince as Lou Girard

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Lou Girard

Levon Helm as General John Bell Hood

Levon Helm

General John Bell Hood

Buddy Guy as Sam 'Hogman' Patin

Buddy Guy

Sam 'Hogman' Patin

Julio Cesar Cedillo as Cholo Manelli

Julio Cesar Cedillo

Cholo Manelli

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