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Overview
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.
Details
- Release date
- 1990-04-27
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Genres
- Action, Thriller, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Regency Enterprises, Odyssey Distributors
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Nick Nolte as Mike Brennan
- Timothy Hutton as Al Reilly
- Armand Assante as Bobby Texador
- Patrick O'Neal as Kevin Quinn
- Lee Richardson as Leo Bloomenfeld
- Luis Guzmán as Luis Valentin
- Charles S. Dutton as Sam Chapman
- Jenny Lumet as Nancy Bosch
- Paul Calderon as Roger Montalvo
- International Chrysis as Jose Malpica
- Dominic Chianese as Larry Pesch
- Leonardo Cimino as Nick Petrone
Crew
- Sidney Lumet - Director
- Sidney Lumet - Screenplay
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