Mr. Orange in Reservoir Dogs

E199768

Mr. Orange is an undercover cop posing as a criminal in Quentin Tarantino’s heist film "Reservoir Dogs," whose concealed identity and divided loyalties drive much of the movie’s tension and tragedy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
undercover police officer ⓘ
affiliation Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ
appearsIn Reservoir Dogs ⓘ
assignedCodenameBy Joe Cabot ⓘ
betrays Joe Cabot ⓘ
Mr. White ⓘ
bleedsOutIn warehouse ⓘ
causesDeathOf Mr. Blonde ⓘ
centralThemeRelation betrayal ⓘ
trust ⓘ
undercover identity ⓘ
codenameColor orange ⓘ
confidesTrueIdentityTo Mr. White ⓘ
coverStory drug dealer background ⓘ
createdBy Quentin Tarantino ⓘ
filmDirectedBy Quentin Tarantino ⓘ
filmDistributedBy Miramax Films ⓘ
filmGenreContext crime ⓘ
heist ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ
filmProducedBy Lawrence Bender ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1992 ⓘ
fullName Freddy Newandyke ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
infiltrates Joe Cabot’s gang ⓘ
kills Mr. Blonde ⓘ
loyaltyConflictWith Joe Cabot ⓘ
Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ
Mr. White ⓘ
narrativeFunction source of dramatic irony ⓘ
undercover protagonist ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableScene apartment rehearsal of cover story ⓘ
warehouse confession to Mr. White ⓘ
occupation police officer ⓘ
participatesIn diamond heist ⓘ
portrayedBy Tim Roth ⓘ
reasonForKillingMrBlonde to save the kidnapped police officer ⓘ
recruitedBy Holdaway ⓘ
settingCity Los Angeles ⓘ
shotBy Mr. Blonde’s victim’s getaway driver ⓘ
trainedBy Holdaway ⓘ
undercoverRole criminal ⓘ
jewel thief ⓘ
woundedIn getaway car escape ⓘ

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