Osborne. She asks Renko to go away with her, but Renko reveals he agreed to kill Osborne in return for her safety and freedom from the Soviet Union, and that they would both be killed if Renko did not return. Renko returns to his job in Moscow. Renko ends up freeing the sables, which run off into the woods as Asanova's voice repeats Renko's promise that they will meet again one day. Cast William Hurt as Officer Arkady Renko Lee Marvin as Jack Osborne Brian Dennehy as Detective William Kirwill Ian Bannen as Chief Prosecutor Andrei Iamskoy Joanna Pacula as Irina Asanova Michael Elphick as Pasha Pavlovich Richard Griffiths as Anton Rikki Fulton as Major Pribluda Alexander Knox as The General Alexei Sayle as Golodkin Ian McDiarmid as Professor Levi Andreev Niall O'Brien as KGB Agent Rurik Henry Woolf as Levin Jukka Hirvikangas as James Kirwill Marjatta Nissinen as Valerya Davidova Heikki Leppänen as Kostia Borodin Elsa Salamas as Babushka Anatoli Davydov as KGB Agent Nicky Filming Gene Kirkwood and Howard W. ("Hawk") Koch Jr. purchased the film rights to Gorky Park in 1981 for $250,000. Filming was delayed until February 1983 because of scheduling conflicts with the director John Schlesinger, who would eventually be replaced with Michael Apted, and various cast changes. Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino were both considered for the role of Arkady Renko before Hurt's casting, while Cary Grant and Burt Lancaster were considered for the role of Jack Osborne and Roman Polanski was considered for the role of Prof. Andreev. The Soviet Communist Party condemned the film as anti-Communist and anti-Russian and denied the crew access to shoot in Moscow. Gorky Park was filmed in Helsinki and Stockholm. The Kaisaniemi public park in the Helsinki centre was set as the Gorky amusement park. Critical reception On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 78% based on reviews from 27 critics, with an average rating of 6.6/10. On Metacritic the film has a score of 60% based on reviews from 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Janet Maslin called it "a taut, clever thriller throughout, with Mr. Apted's direction establishing its intensity immediately and sustaining it well. Ralf G. Bode's cinematography and James Horner's score go a long way toward setting a hauntingly bleak mood, and the supporting players, particularly Brian Dennehy and Ian Bannen, are excellent". Though she found it odd that