Family of Cops (1995)

A police detective's oversexed daughter is charged with murder when someone kills the wealthy married man she slept with.

Director:

Ted Kotcheff

Writer:

Joel Blasberg

Stars:

Charles Bronson, Angela Featherstone, Sebastian Spence

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charles Bronson	...	Paul Fein
Angela Featherstone	...	Jackie Fein
Sebastian Spence	...	Eddie Fein
Kate Trotter	...	Mrs. Novacek #1
Caroline Barclay	...	Celia Brent
Simon MacCorkindale	...	Adam Novacek
John Vernon	...	Frank Rampola
Barbara Williams	...	Kate Fein
Lesley-Anne Down	...	Anna Novacek
Daniel Baldwin	...	Ben Fein
Kim Weeks	...	Anna Meyer
Blu Mankuma	...	Police Officer
Cynthia Belliveau	...	Melanie Fein
Miguel Fernandes	...	Detective Lieutenant Swan
Réal Andrews	...	Philo Burton (as Real Andrews)

Storyline

Paul Fein (Charles Bronson) is a veteran police commander of the Milwaukee Police Department whose eldest son Ben (Daniel Baldwin) is a senior police detective, his older daughter Kate (Barbara Williams) is a public defender who takes her job very seriously, and his youngest son Eddie (Sebastian Spence) is a uniformed cop assigned to the department's Patrol Bureau. Paul is assigned to investigate the murder of a prominent businessman, and he soon learns that the field of suspects has been narrowed down to the victim's sexually freewheeling wife Anna (Lesley-Anne Down) and Paul's wild-child, youngest daughter Jackie (Angela Featherstone). Neither Paul, Ben, nor Eddie believe that Jackie could have committed the murder, and soon Paul is using himself as a decoy in a bid to find out more about what Anna does and doesn't know about her husband's death.

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Plot Keywords:

drinking from a bottle | crying woman | police | bullet wound | african american | 

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Taglines:

He crossed the line between law and family.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence and some sexuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

Charles Bronson lobbied for Allen A. Goldstein, the director of his then recent Death Wish V, to direct this film, but the studio turned him down.

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Quotes

Eddie Fein: Hey, who do you think you are hanging out in the bathroom? The Fonzie? Dad, do you really think Mrs. Novacek hired Martin to kill her husband?
Paul Fein: I don't know. Lenny said she did, but her first words in life were probably a lie. Look, we'll find out who killed Novacek. I'm no worried about that.
Eddie Fein: I know. I know, dad, I know what's eating you. It's Ben and Jackie.
Paul Fein: And you. Why the hell did you have to become a cop?
Eddie Fein: Have you been talking to Celia? You never said anything before about...
Paul Fein: -I'm saying it now...
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Connections

Referenced in Best of the Worst: Our VHS Collection (2019)

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Soundtracks

Candyland
Written by Mike Trebilcock
Performed by The Killjoys
Boo-a-Bug!/The Publishing Ink, Inc.

User Reviews

A little better than the usual TV copy movie.

The cast makes this better than average MFTV movie. Bronson is his usual self although he talks more here than in a lot of films. Dan Baldwin gives a performance that is equal to his Homicide role. The support members of the "family" are average except Featherstone who does a great job. Not a movie to put on your must list but a good one to watch if in the middle of rerun season or, like myself, have 4 VCRs going most of the time.

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 November 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Family of Cops

Filming Locations:

The Royal Milwaukee Hotel, Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alliance Communications Corporation, CBS Entertainment Production, Joel Blasberg Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby (Dolby Surround) (2.0)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1