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Relentless (1989)

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Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, whom randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.

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Arthur 'Buck' Taylor
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Bill Malloy
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Patrick O'Bryan ...
Todd Arthur
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Arthur
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Francine
Angel Tompkins ...
Carmen
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Swarthy Cop
Beau Starr ...
Ike Taylor
Harriet Hall ...
Angela Taylor
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Marra
Ron Taylor ...
Captain Blakely
Roy Brocksmith ...
Coroner
G. Smokey Campbell ...
Terrell
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Sam Dietz, a New York cop recently reassigned to Los Angeles, joins the hunt for a serial killer who seemingly picks his victims at random from the telephone directory - but the closer he gets to cracking the case, the more personal the stakes become. Written by Ross Horsley <explodo@hotmail.com>

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Killers aren't born. They're made. Judd Nelson is Buck Taylor. And Buck Taylor is...Relentless See more »

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Crime | Thriller

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30 August 1989 (USA)  »

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Bezlitosny  »

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$6,985,999 (USA)
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Joe Spinell was originally cast to play the role of Captain Blakely, but died shortly before filming was to begin. See more »

Quotes

Sam Dietz: [Seeing the police psychologist readying his gun] What the hell is with that?
police psychiatrist: Well, psychiatrists aren't always preaching. Sometimes it's persuasion.
[They both laugh]
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References Gone with the Wind (1939) See more »

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18 March 2000 | by (TORONTO) – See all my reviews

Judd Nelson rules in this flick. I'm surprised nobody seems to know about this one. If you see in the store, give it a try. I think you'll be entertained. Rossi is pretty good in this too. His banter with Loggia is straight out of a buddy-cop movie encyclopedia, but it works.


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