Experienced New York Police Detective John Harris is sent to London to help a local task force investigate a series of gangster killings organized by a new player in town, an American. Harris uses a teen wronged by gangsters to get to him.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Harvey Keitel | ... | John Harris | |
| Iain Glen | ... | Edward Foster | |
| John Wood | ... | Richard Donnelly | |
| Terence Rigby | ... | Sidney Callow | |
| Keith Allen | ... | Jack Doyle | |
| Craig Kelly | ... | Christian O'Neill | |
| Thandie Newton | ... | Rachael Stevens | |
| Viggo Mortensen | ... | Carl Frazer | |
| Dave Duffy | ... | Louis Carnegie | |
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Geoffrey McGivern | ... | Brian Carver |
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Nigel Clauzel | ... | Lionel Stevens |
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Huggy Leaver | ... | Mark Byrne |
| Dig Wayne | ... | Gary Washington | |
| Christopher Adamson | ... | Billy Cohen (as Chris Adamson) | |
| James Duggan | ... | Dermot O'Neill | |
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The London police is having trouble with organized crime commited by juvenile delinquents. Their leader is an American who is an expert at turning young men into ruthless gangsters. American cop John Harris is asked to help the London police to break up the organization. Written by Mattias Pettersson <seaman@sbbs.se>
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London Is Not Only Losing Her Soul To The Americans, She's Selling It. See more »Parents Guide:
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8 October 1993 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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$3,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Was one of many films released in the early 1990s that was criticized by the UK Government for glamorizing youth violence. See more »Goofs
When the Molotov cocktail is thrown through the windshield of the vehicle with the two cops inside, you can easily see, by the way it breaks, that the windshield is not made of safety glass. All vehicle windshields have been made of safety glass for decades. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Somehow it seems music directors have a free hand. Over and over I see films and television shows where the music is wrong and being wrong dominates the show. I bought west wing and couldn't watch it as the music was over the top. Sopranos, deadwood starred actors. But lately music seems to rule and often does not fit directors seem to rule. Have they not listened to Max Steiner? He worked with the nuances of the picture. Of late it seems this is grandstanding, showing your chops... want to be a director? Find a script. But goodness gracious stop making the film a vehicle for your score. Watch "White Heat" the music is perfect. It is there in spades, but you don't hear it, you feel it.