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Shakedown (1988) 5.5
A legal attorney and renegade cop team up to stop a corrupt cop. Director:James GlickenhausWriter:James Glickenhaus |
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Title: Shakedown (1988)
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Cast
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Ruben
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Michael Jones
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Gail Feinberger
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Shirley Stoler | ... |
Irma
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Sean Phillips
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Susan Cantrell
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Walter Flanagan | ... |
Prison Guard
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Dean Howland
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Henry Judd Baker | ... |
Big Leroy
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Andrew Johns | ... |
Billy
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A drug dealer shoots a corrupt police officer. Though the drug dealer admits his guilt, he pleads self-defense. His lawyer, Roland Dalton, and a "blue jean cop", Richie Marks, pursue evidence in his favor. They encounter difficulties from other corrupt police officers, drug dealers, and various street scum. Dalton's life is further complicated by the fact that the prosecuting attorney is a former lover. Written by Melissa Portell <mportell@s-cwis.unomaha.edu>
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Whatever you do, don't call the cops. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
6 May 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Blue Jean Cop See more »Box Office
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$10,068,039 (USA)Company Credits
Production Co:
Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment, Blue Jean Cop, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) See more »
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it is unusual to see SAM ELLIOT in a contemporary urban action thriller. I haven't seen this in awhile but I rtemember enjoying it. PETER WELLER plays an attorney who tries to get to the bottom of a police corruption scandal and ends up taking on half of the force and the cities criminal underworld. SAM ELLIOT plays the modren day cop with a wild west mentality and a huge .45 auto pistol...(which he uses frequently thus fullfilling thje action monicker of this film) SHAKEDOWN has impressive chase and action sequences. Critics bitched because wasn't dramatic enough but I enjoyed it. For action fans please note the action outweighs the court room scenes. I have wondered why sam elliot hasn't done more contemporary action thrillers like FATAL BEAUTY a action movie directed by FRIGHT NIGHTS TOM HOLLAND. He seems adept at contemporary pistol packing films as well as all the wonderful westerns he does for TNT. I have talked to many women who find elliot attractive, something about him. He looks like the rugged sort who will come riding out of the sage with a single action revolver after cattle rustlers at any second. I think this is his enduring appeal to movie and watchers. I rate this film as a fantasy action epic with court room appeal...PRESSUMED INNOCENT it is not...yet, it is worth the price of a movie rental. This is perhaps the best of the GLICKENHAUSmovies....as it is consistent in it's action delivery. 4 star 4 action...3 for drama (out of 7)