Movie
Murphy's Law
Overview
A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
Details
- Release date
- 1986-04-18
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Action, Thriller, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Charles Bronson as Jack Murphy
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Arabella McGee
- Carrie Snodgress as Joan Freeman
- Robert F. Lyons as Art Penney
- Richard Romanus as Frank Vincenzo
- Angel Tompkins as Jan
- Bill Henderson as Ben Wilcove
- James Luisi as Ed Reineke
- Janet MacLachlan as Dr. Lovell
- Clifford A. Pellow as Lieutenant Nachman
- Lawrence Tierney as Cameron
- Jerome Thor as Judge Kellerman
Crew
- J. Lee Thompson - Director
- Gail Morgan Hickman - Writer
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