Directed by Phillip Noyce Written by Jeffery Deaver   Jeremy Iacone   Cast Denzel Washington ... Lincoln Rhyme Angelina Jolie ... Amelia Donaghy Queen Latifah ... Thelma Michael Rooker ... Captain Howard Cheney Michael McGlone ... Detective Kenny Solomon (as Mike McGlone) Luis Guzmán ... Eddie Ortiz (as Luis Guzman) Leland Orser ... Richard Thompson John Benjamin Hickey ... Dr. Barry Lehman Bobby Cannavale ... Amelia's Boyfriend Ed O'Neill ... Detective Paulie Sellitto Richard Zeman ... Lieutenant Carl Hanson Olivia Birkelund ... Lindsay Rubin Gary Swanson ... Alan Rubin James Bulleit ... Train Engineer (as Jim Bulleit) Frank Fontaine ... Grandfather Zena Grey ... Granddaughter Daniel Brochu ... N.Y.U. Student (as Daniel C. Brochu) Desmond Campbell ... Taxi Inspector Christian Veliz ... Chris, Young Boy Mercedes Gómez ... Ortiz's Mother Mary Hammett ... Girlfriend in Nightclub Amanda Gay ... Girl in Nightclub Steve Adams ... Gas Worker Larry Day ... Gas Worker Burke Lawrence ... Police Instructor Terry Simpson ... Cop in Apartment Eric Davis ... Cop in Apartment Arthur Holden ... Bookstore Clerk Yahsmin Daviault ... Rhyme's Sister (as Yashmin Daviault) Keenan Macwilliam ... Rhyme's Niece (as Keenan MacWilliam) David Warshofsky ... Amelia's Partner Mateo Gómez ... Hot Dog Vendor Ted Whittall ... Ortiz's Assistant Peter Michael Dillon ... Homicide Detective Jonathan Stark ... Male Detective Fulvio Cecere ... Forensics Expert Hal Sherman ... Fingerprint Cop Russell Yuen ... Forensics Worker Andy Bradshaw ... Uniform Cop Jean-Marc Bisson ... Rescue Worker (as Jean Marc Bisson) Christopher Bregman ... Rescue Worker Sonya Biddle ... Nurse Uncredited Cast Michael Arthur ... NYPD Officer Alex Lorre ... Rescue worker Phillip Noyce ... Customer in Antique Bookshop Todo Segalla ... Cop Andrew Semple ... Perp Sylvia Stewart ... Female Cop Produced by Martin Bregman   Michael Bregman   Bo Dietl   Dan Jinks   Michael Klawitter   Louis A. Stroller   Original Music by Craig Armstrong

Additional Info Premiere: August 29, 1999 Theatrical Release: November 05, 1999 DVD Release: March 14, 2000 Countries: Distributor: Universal Studios Websites: Production Companies Columbia Pictures (presents) (as Columbia Pictures) Universal Pictures (presents) Mel's Cite du Cinema (sound stages) Distributors Universal Pictures   (1999) (USA) (theatrical) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2000) (USA) (VHS) MCA/Universal Home Video   (2000) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Universal Studios Home Video   (2000) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2001) (USA) (DVD) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)   (2013) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) National Broadcasting Company (NBC)   (2002) (USA) (TV) Universal Studios Home Video   (2002) (USA) (VHS) (D-VHS) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.6 / 10 Our Rating 6.4 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.6 / 10 Female Users 6.7 / 10 Site Ranking #1,061 / 20,905 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 4 total ratings Almost Perfect 8 total ratings Average 8 total ratings Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,057 Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) #1,058 Ralph Breaks The Internet (2018) #1,059 101 Dalmatians (1961) #1,060 The Hills Have Eyes (2006) #1,061 The Bone Collector (1999) #1,062 RED 2 (2013) #1,063 Evil Dead II (1987) #1,064 Searching (2018) #1,065 Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)