The Bonfire of the Vanities
Take one Wall Street tycoon, his Fifth Avenue mistress, a reporter hungry for fame, and make the wrong turn in The Bronx...then sit back and watch the sparks fly.
5.6(543) 1990-12-21 125 minComedyDrama
After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
ScreenplayMichael Cristofer
ProducerBrian De Palma
Original Music ComposerDave Grusin
DirectorBrian De Palma
Cast & characters
Tom Hanks
as Sherman McCoy
Bruce Willis
as Peter Fallow
Melanie Griffith
as Maria Ruskin
Kim Cattrall
as Judy McCoy
Saul Rubinek
as Jed Kramer
Morgan Freeman
as Judge Leonard White
John Hancock
as Reverend Bacon
Kevin Dunn
as Tom Killian
Clifton James
as Albert Fox
Louis Giambalvo
as Ray Andruitti
Barton Heyman
as Det. Martin
Norman Parker
as Det. Goldberg
Donald Moffat
as Mr. McCoy
Alan King
as Arthur Ruskin
Beth Broderick
as Caroline Heftshank
Kurt Fuller
as Pollard Browning
Adam LeFevre
as Rawlie Thorpe
Richard Libertini
as Ed Rifkin
Andre Gregory
as Aubrey Buffing
Mary Alice
as Annie Lamb
Robert Stephens
as Sir Gerald Moore
Marjorie Monaghan
as Evelyn Moore
Rita Wilson
as P.R. Woman
Kirsten Dunst
as Campbell McCoy
