Atlantic ReleasingReportedly needing a coffer-boosting part, the gravelly Texan famous from his turns in The Fugitive and Men In Black headed for the Tyne in 1988 to play the villain in thriller Stormy Monday. A fusion of Get Carter and The Long Good Friday, it starred a young Sean Bean as a man who gets in over his head helping his jazz club owner boss tackle gangsters. Jones was US businessman Cosmo, who used Melanie Griffith as a sexy negotiating tool in his shady manoeuvring. Meanwhile the club proprietor vacancy got filled by a very familiar face - Sting, who returned to his roots for the Channel 4 production. Stormy Monday became the debut feature of writer/director Mike Figgis, who like Sting spent his formative years in the city. Figgis went on to forge a lasting career as the helmer of Internal Affairs, Leaving Las Vegas and innovative all-star, multi-screen drama Timecode.