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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   1,428 votes
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Director:

James B. Harris

Writers:

James Ellroy (novel)
James B. Harris (screenplay)

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Release Date:

March 1988 (USA) more

Genre:

Thriller | Crime | Drama more

Tagline:

When a cop cares too much, how far is too far. [USA Theatrical] more

Plot:

Lloyd Hopkins, a hard-boiled American police detective is on the trail of a mass murderer who is victimizing women in Los Angeles... more | add synopsis

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User Comments:

One of the best cop thrillers ever made more (30 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Woods ... Lloyd Hopkins

Lesley Ann Warren ... Kathleen McCarthy
Charles Durning ... Dutch Peltz
Charles Haid ... Delbert 'Whitey' Haines

Raymond J. Barry ... Captain Fred Gaffney
Randi Brooks ... Joanie Pratt
Steven Lambert ... Bobby Franco
Christopher Wynne ... Jack Gibbs
Jan McGill ... Jen Hopkins
Vicki Wauchope ... Penny Hopkins
Melinda Lynch ... Sarah Smith
John Petievich ... Deputy
Dennis Stewart ... Lawrence 'Birdman' Henderson
Randy Pelish ... Employee
Annie McEnroe ... Amy Cranfield
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Blood on the Moon (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Stereo


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

At one point in the movie Lloyd (James Woods) rings a doorbell to an apartment building. One of the names of the residents is Gene Rudolf, which is the name of this film's production designer. more

Quotes:

Lloyd Hopkins: You blow away a broad's date, the least you can do is drive her home. more

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References "The Flintstones" (1960) more


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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
One of the best cop thrillers ever made, 23 October 2003
Author: (mdsmith101@hotmail.com) from Stockton, UK

James Woods (always a good sign) stars as a hell-bent LAPD Homicide detective in this gem from the '80's. A serial killer is butchering women and it's up to Woods to track him down and bring him to justice. Problem is that Woods becomes so obsessed with the case, that by the end well...he just doesn't care about bringing in the killer. I have this movie on tape and over the years it has not become dated or soft looking, and the success of LA Confidential, has not affected this movie in the slightest, it is still possibly one of the darkest movies ever. Woods' character is not a man-seeking-redemption, instead he is a man who has looked into the Abyss, and has seen himself looking out. Cop is a great film, that has been over-looked by many people, watch it with Training Day, Internal Affairs, Dark Blue, Romeo Is Bleeding etc. It's a good film. 5/5. Also, the best ending I've ever seen on this type of movie

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Just reading the novel Sumiyoshi
I liked it. Quite a bit better than I did *LA Confidential*, actually... sparrowtrece
DVDs available Derran
spoiled ending noh8red
Question about Possible Scene in Movie chris-hamblett
Recast it! BLOOD ON THE MOON, that is... budlight74
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