This movie is set in 1950s New York. Lionel Essrog is a private detective that has Tourette's Syndrome. His next project is to solve the murder of his mentor Frank Minna. What a super cast: Bruce Willis as Frank Minna, Cherry Jones as Untitled, Edward Norton as Lionel Essrog, Willem Dafoe as Paul Randolph, Leslie Mann as Untitled, Gugu Mbatha-raw as Untitled, Ethan Suplee as Untitled, Alec Baldwin as Untitled, Bobby Cannavale as Tony Vermonte, Fisher Stevens as Untitled, Michael Kenneth williams as Untitled, Dallas Roberts as Danny Fantl, Robert Wisdom as Untitled, Josh Pais as William Lieberman and Doris Mccarthy as Library Guest.