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Overview

User Rating:
6.1/10   39 votes
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Director:
Michael Pressman
Writers (WGA):
David J. Kinghorn (story)
Michael Petryni (teleplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
10 December 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller | Crime | Drama more
Plot:
Honest cop in corrupt 1940s Los Angeles fights against gangsters who are kidnapping and selling women into prostitution. | add synopsis
User Comments:
Doing It In Style more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

George Peppard ... Frank Doakey
Richard Bradford ... Terry O'Brien
Charles Haid ... Buddy Bunnucci

Ursula Andress ... Betty Starr

Jason Beghe ... Sammy Turner

Julia Nickson-Soul ... Kaylie (as Julia Nickson)
James Pax ... Tommy Chaing
Sandy Ward
Norman Alden

Tom Everett
Robert Lesser
Michele B. Chan

Jonathan Goldsmith

Marcelo Tubert
Ric Mancini ... Stratta
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Movie Connections:
Follows Man Against the Mob (1988) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
COME RAIN OR COME SHINE more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Doing It In Style, 23 December 2003
Author: e-blowers from London, England

Good cops versus bad cops but done with great style. Set in late 1940's Los Angeles this film has a real feel for the period with the costumes and cars. The background sets are stylised rather than replicated which has the effect of giving them the period feel without over doing the reality which would otherwise have looked out of place. The score is a foot tapping swing/jazz piece that can grab you at once and get you "in the mood". The pairing of George Peppard and Richard Bradford in the leading cop roles works well and Charles Haigh, late of "Hill Street Blues", is convincing as a "dock rat". Ursula Andress is just right for the aging night club owner. It is not a new plot,we have been there many times before but I enjoyed going there again with this film and I think you will too.

















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