After murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.
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Cast
Jim Belushi | ... |
Det. Frank Divinci
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Tupac Shakur | ... |
Det. Rodriguez
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Lela Rochon | ... |
Cynthia Webb
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Dennis Quaid | ... |
Joe Doe / William
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James Earl Jones | ... |
Arthur Baylor
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David Paymer | ... |
Elliot Goff
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Wendy Crewson | ... |
Helen Eden
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Gary Cole | ... |
Richard Simms
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Terrence 'T.C.' Carson | ... |
Manny Landrew
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Brad Greenquist | ... |
Richard Stein
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James Handy | ... |
Capt. Henderson
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Kool Moe Dee | ... |
Lionel Hudd
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Victor Love | ... |
Hooper
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Robert LaSardo | ... |
Sarkasian
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Perry Anzilotti | ... |
Vic
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Gregory Scott Cummins | ... |
Clyde David Dunner
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Tom Lister Jr. | ... |
Cutlass Supreme
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Thomas Mills | ... |
Patrolman Mahomey
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Rick LaFond | ... |
Desk officer
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Anthony C. Hall | ... |
James
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Catero Alain Colbert | ... |
Cortez
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Steve Wilcox | ... |
Dave
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Alexander Folk | ... |
Reverend
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Paul Gold | ... |
Lineup suspect
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Douglas Bennett | ... |
Guard
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David Weisenberg | ... |
Doctor
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Will Jeffries | ... |
Attorney
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Jason Bagby | ... |
Young man
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Chris Hendrie | ... |
Judge Weinberg
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Robert Apisa | ... |
Bailiff
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Terrance Ellis | ... |
Gun seller
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Todd Patrick Breaugh | ... |
Steven J. Allen
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Yuri Ogawa | ... |
Jury forewoman
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Joseph Hieu | ... |
Asian man
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Deborah Rennard | ... |
Caroline Divinci
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Edward Edwards | ... |
Sgt. Gardner
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Fred Ornstein | ... |
Officer
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Taylor Anderson | ... |
Butler
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Tom Ormeny | ... |
Nathan McCall
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Tony Perez | ... |
Judge Pine
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Ron Cummins | ... |
Bailiff
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Elizabeth Maynard | ... |
Newscaster
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Charlene Simpson | ... |
Manny's secretary
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Jimmie F. Skaggs | ... |
Duncan
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Leonard O. Turner | ... |
Guard at Cynthia's jail
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Andrea C. Robinson | ... |
Reporter
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Dafidd McCracken | ... |
Reporter
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Nellie Sciutto | ... |
Reporter
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Donald Craig | ... |
Sinclair
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Lisa Dinkins | ... |
Nurse
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
George Christy | ... |
Detective
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Myles DiRussy III | ... |
Officer
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Jesse J. Donnelly | ... |
Detective
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Teddy Lane Jr. | ... |
Guard at county jail
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Reggie Miller | ... |
Self
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Reginald W. Miller | ... |
Detective
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Julie Shelton | ... |
Court Stenographer
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John Norman Thomas | ... |
Surgeon
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Bruce Holman | ... |
Crime Scene Officer Checking Car Trunk (uncredited)
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Richard Yett | ... |
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jim Kouf |
Written by
Jim Kouf | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
John Bertolli | ... | producer |
Jeffrey Downer | ... | line producer |
Jeff Ivers | ... | co-producer (as Jeffrey D. Ivers) |
Jim Kouf | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
Lynn Kouf | ... | executive producer (as Lynn Bigelow-Kouf) |
Brad Krevoy | ... | producer |
Steven Stabler | ... | producer |
Music by
Mickey Hart |
Cinematography by
Brian J. Reynolds |
Editing by
Todd C. Ramsay |
Editorial Department
Jenifer Chatfield | ... | post-production coordinator |
Bradford L. Dean | ... | second assistant film editor |
Bob McMillian | ... | color timer |
Anthony Miller | ... | second assistant film editor |
Stephen H. Sloan | ... | first assistant film editor |
Smith Timsawat | ... | post-production assistant |
Casting By
Carol Lewis |
Production Design by
Charles William Breen | ... | (as Charles Breen) |
Set Decoration by
Stephanie Ziemer |
Costume Design by
Shari Feldman |
Makeup Department
Diana Brown | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Iraina Gibson | ... | hair stylist: Ms. Rochon |
Whitney James | ... | makeup department head |
Michael Mills | ... | makeup designer: Mr. Quaid |
Elizabeth Rabe | ... | assistant department head hair stylist |
Craig Reardon | ... | makeup artist: Mr. Quaid |
Arturo Rojas | ... | key hair stylist |
Adam Christopher | ... | personal makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Eric Bergman | ... | post-production supervisor |
Jeffrey Downer | ... | unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Amundson | ... | assistant director |
David Fudge | ... | second assistant director |
Stephen E. Hagen | ... | second assistant director (as Stephen Hagen) |
Louis Paul Tocchet | ... | second second assistant director |
Art Department
Regina Lee Alonte | ... | on-set dresser (as Regina Lee Herve) |
Scott Belshe | ... | set dresser |
Dan Caplan | ... | storyboard artist |
Philip Chapnick | ... | property master |
Kenneth Dessele | ... | painter |
Bruce Fuselier | ... | set dresser |
Derrick Harper | ... | paint foreman |
Tracy Hudak | ... | on-set painter |
Christopher Kennedy | ... | set dresser |
George Charles Kiapos | ... | carpenter |
Jeffrey Kushon | ... | lead person |
Jana Lehman | ... | art department coordinator |
Jill McGraw | ... | painter |
Kevin Pullen | ... | assistant property master |
Johnny Ruiz | ... | propmaker |
Jared Scardina | ... | set dresser |
Steven Schalk | ... | property master |
Benjamin Steingart | ... | art department researcher |
Daniel Turk | ... | construction coordinator (as Daniel E. Turk) |
Laura Von Bergman | ... | labor foreperson |
Sound Department
Walter Anderson | ... | boom operator |
Beau Biggart | ... | adr artist |
Brent Brewington | ... | boom operator |
Ed Carr | ... | re-recording mixer |
David Chornow | ... | sound (as David B. Chornow) |
Richard F.W. Davis | ... | sound effects editor (as Richard Davis) |
Gail Ganley | ... | foley artist (as Gail Steele) |
Gary S. Gerlich | ... | supervising sound editor (as Gary Gerlich) |
Marilyn Graf | ... | foley mixer |
Ron Harris | ... | adr recordist |
Doug Madick | ... | foley artist |
Bruce Nazarian | ... | post-production sound supervisor |
Stewart Nelsen | ... | adr editor / dialogue editor |
Richard Partlow | ... | foley artist (as Rick Partlow) |
Dennis Patterson | ... | re-recording mixer |
Melissa Sewell | ... | sound effects editor |
Scott Sherline | ... | boom operator |
Robert Troy | ... | adr editor / dialogue editor |
Jeff Wire | ... | dialogue assistant (as Jeffray T. Wire) |
Cindy Jo Hinkleman | ... | assistant sound editor (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
John C. Hartigan | ... | special effects coordinator |
Visual Effects by
Mindy Minkow | ... | optical supervisor |
Stunts
Janet Brady | ... | stunts |
Eddy Donno | ... | stunts |
James M. Halty | ... | stunt coordinator |
Ben Hernandez Bray | ... | stunts (as Ben Bray) |
Richard Humphreys | ... | stunts |
Steve Kelso | ... | stunt coordinator |
Henry Kingi Jr. | ... | stunts |
Henry Kingi | ... | stunts |
Irving E. Lewis | ... | stunts (as Irvin Lewis) |
Chuck Norman | ... | stunts |
Alan Oliney | ... | stunts |
Manny Perry | ... | stunts |
Camera and Electrical Department
Milena Albert | ... | still photographer |
David A. Cook | ... | lamp operator |
Jeffrey A. Cook | ... | assistant chief lighting technician |
Louis DiCesare | ... | chief lighting technician |
Jason C. Fitzgerald | ... | electrician |
Dana Gonzales | ... | first assistant camera (as Dana W. Gonzales) |
Harold Groshon | ... | lamp operator |
Bob Ivener | ... | key grip |
Tom Keefer | ... | key grip |
Michael Stewart Maahs | ... | grip (as Michael Maahs) |
Gary Molyneux | ... | grip |
Daryl 'Dazz' Reynolds | ... | rigging gaffer |
Peyton Skelton | ... | lamp operator |
Michael Stocks | ... | grip |
Michael Stone | ... | camera operator |
Randall H. Stone | ... | camera loader |
David Taylor | ... | second assistant camera |
Rick Tiedeman | ... | steadicam operator |
Rico Torres | ... | still photographer |
Ronald Viveros | ... | grip |
Glenn Watson | ... | still photographer |
Casting Department
Jory Weitz | ... | casting associate |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Roberta I. Bilé | ... | set costumer (as Roberta Bilé) |
Cynthia Flowers | ... | set costumer |
Location Management
Serena Baker | ... | assistant location manager |
Curtis Collins | ... | location manager |
Music Department
Marcus Barone | ... | executive in charge of music |
Howard Cohen | ... | music editor |
Sammy Hagar | ... | musician: guitar |
Mickey Hart | ... | musician: Trinity Sax |
Arthur Griffith II | ... | song producer |
Bakithi Kumalo | ... | musician |
Manish Raval | ... | music coordinator |
Gary Todd | ... | music editor |
Happy Walters | ... | music supervisor |
Tom Wolfe | ... | music coordinator |
Roy Finch | ... | composer: additional music (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Carol Banker | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Anthony Alfonso | ... | driver |
Joel Renfro | ... | transportation coordinator |
Additional Crew
William Atwell | ... | set production assistant |
Greg Bird | ... | stand-in: Mr. Shakur |
A.J. Block | ... | stand-in: Mr. Quaid |
Sam M. Cobb | ... | set medic |
Leah Culton | ... | production assistant |
Warren Davis II | ... | assistant: Mr. Ivers |
Jesse J. Donnelly | ... | stand-in: Mr. Belushi |
Debra Fairweather | ... | stand-in: Ms. Rochon |
Bradley Frank | ... | production office intern (as Brad Frank) |
Stephanie A. Frederic | ... | Soundtrack: Tupac & JFlexx "Free' em All |
Jorge A. Gallego | ... | production assistant |
Carrie Gerlach | ... | unit publicist |
Bill Hermanns | ... | assistant: Mr. Bertolli |
Beau Holden | ... | assistant: Dennis Quaid |
Shannon K. Irvin-Sansaricq | ... | production accountant |
Nancy Johnston-Walker | ... | assistant: Mr. Krevoy |
Rebecca Knowlton | ... | production accountant |
Catalina Lara-Carlin | ... | assistant accountant |
Lance Mancuso | ... | key medic |
David Mastron | ... | post-production accountant |
Patty Palmer | ... | office production assistant |
Danielle Parsons | ... | assistant: Mr. Stabler |
Jade Ramsey | ... | assistant: Mr. Stabler |
Stephanie Sain | ... | assistant production coordinator |
Susie Schelling | ... | medical technical advisor |
Kerry Shea | ... | production coordinator |
Amaryvis Sierra | ... | production assistant |
La'Keishia Simon | ... | set production assistant |
Jennifer Sloan | ... | assistant: Mr. Belushi |
Louis Paul Tocchet | ... | key set production assistant |
Patricia Baumann Vera | ... | assistant: Mr. Kouf (as Patricia Baumann) |
Holly Williamson | ... | production assistant |
Megan Wright | ... | production office intern |
John H. Wu | ... | assistant: Mr. Krevoy |
William E. Yarbro Jr. | ... | set production assistant |
Thanks
Jim Brennan | ... | the producers and director wish to thank |
John Oblinger | ... | the producers and director wish to thank |
Jim Rosen | ... | the producers and director wish to thank |
Tupac Shakur | ... | in memory of |
Jim Wiatt | ... | the producers and director wish to thank |
Eddy Yablans | ... | the producers and director wish to thank (as Eddie Yablans) |
Production Companies
- Orion Pictures
- Kouf/Bigelow Productions
- Blue Rider Pictures (producer)
- Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA)
Distributors
- Orion Pictures (1997) (United States) (theatrical)
- MGM/UA Distribution Company (1997) (United States) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (1997) (Germany) (VHS)
- Feature Film Company (1998) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Reid & Puskar (1998) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (1998) (Australia) (VHS)
- Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (1998) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Film Four Distributors (1998) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Indies Home Entertainment (1998) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Orion Home Video (1998) (United States) (VHS)
- RCV Home Entertainment (1998) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Videosonic (1998) (Greece) (VHS)
- Argentina Video Home (1999) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Image Entertainment (United States) (VHS)
- Image Entertainment (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Video Film Express (1999) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
- MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (United States) (DVD)
- 101 Films (2015) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray)
- Justbridge Entertainment (2020) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Justbridge Entertainment (2020) (Germany) (DVD)
- One Gate Media (2023) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Flashback Home Entertainment (Australia) (DVD)
- Tubi TV (United States) (video) (streaming)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Film Finances (completion guarantor)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Two corrupt cops murder an undercover DEA agent by mistake, and frantically try to cover their tracks by framing a homeless man for the crime. That involves juggling evidence, coaching witnesses, and improvising to keep their desperate scheme from unraveling.
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Taglines | In this city, the deadliest criminals are the ones who carry badges. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Opening Weekend United States | $3,286,065, 12 Oct 1997 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The spiky onscreen relationship between Jim Belushi and Tupac Shakur was helped offscreen by the fact that Shakur liked to nail his scenes in one or two takes, and was annoyed by Belushi preferring to do it in multiple takes. See more » |
Goofs | Before Frank pulls up to Manny's for the first time, you can see a blue sandbag on the curb, marking the spot where Jim Belushi is to stop the car at the proper spot so as to be within the camera frame. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Seven Years in Tibet/RocketMan/Boogie Nights/Gang Related/Washington Square (1997). See more » |
Soundtracks | Lost Souls See more » |
Crazy Credits | Dedicated to Tupac Shakur (1971-1996) See more » |
Quotes |
[Baylor is questioning Cynthia Webb in court]
Helen Eden: Objection! Mr. Baylor is purposely trying to confuse the witness. Arthur Baylor: I am *not* trying to confuse the witness; the *witness* has been trying to confuse *this court*! See more » |