Movie Type: Action Thriller, Police Detective Film
Themes: Murder Investigations
Main Cast: Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller, William Forsythe, Bob Balaban, Frank Military
Release Year: 1989
Country: US
Run Time: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
A police detective (Don Johnson), whose job is the only thing he has left in his life, must investigate the murder of a fellow officer. He follows the trail and is shocked to find a white-supremacist conspiracy in the process. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
Tim Reid - Chief Dixon; Hy Anzell - Capt. Waxman; Carmen Argenziano; Lennard Camarillo - Juancho; Ron Campbell - Crossfield; Tate Donovan - John Burns; James Douglas - Agent Gilroy; Evans Evans - Mrs. Gebhardt; Phyllis Guerrini - Louisa; Tiger Haynes - Edwin Gates; Michael Higgins - Rev. Gebhardt; Ron Hyatt - Biker; Ernie Jackson - Dixon's Man; Michael Jeter - Dr. Krantz; Mickey Jones - Sleepy; Lon Katzman - Officer; Jarion Monroe - LAPD Officer; Garwin Sanford - Officer; Sam Scarber - Detective Bilson; Lynn Stalmaster; Antoni Stutz - Ray; Brad Sullivan - Chief Hillard; Darwyn Swalve - Biker; William Traylor - Elton Tremmel; David H. "Dutch" van Dalsem - Biker; Stephen E. Miller - Bogan, Oklahoma Officer; Frank C. Turner - Cottonwood Officer; Maureen Thomas - Teacher; Ricardo Ascencio - Ponchito; Jereme Beck - Detective John; Billy Boyle - Priest; Christine Cable - Karen Beck; Ron Carothers - Dixon's Man; Juliana Carter - Dixon's Wife; Trudy Forbes - Female Officer; Dawn Mortensen - Daughter; Valerie Pearson - Helpful Person; Mic Rodgers - Sgt. Kimble; Justin Stillwell - Mark Beck; Daniel Quinn - James "Hard Rock" Ellis
Credit
Richard Hudolin - Art Director, Alan Manzer - Art Director, Jodie Lynne Tillen - Costume Designer, John Frankenheimer - Director, Robert F. Shugrue - Editor, Robert L. Rosen - Executive Producer, Gary Chang - Composer (Music Score), Michael Kamen - Composer (Music Score), John Inzerella - Makeup, Stan Edmonds - Makeup, Jamie Brown - Makeup, Ken Adam - Production Designer, Gerry Fisher - Cinematographer, Robert Forster - Producer, Stephen J. Roth - Producer, Arthur Jeph Parker - Set Designer, Clifford P. Wenger - Special Effects, James M. Halty - Stunts, Brent Woolsey - Stunts, Mic Rodgers - Stunts, Robert Forster - Screenwriter
The story begins when the police officer is shot down on Christmas Eve. A down-on-his-luck L.A. homicide detective, Jerry Beck (Johnson), is given the job of hunting the killer. As with every case, he takes this one very emotionally, because the job is the last thing left in his life and he wants to get the murderer no matter where or how.
During the investigation Beck learns that this murder of a policeman was just the tip of the iceberg, as he finds the roots of the suspect are in a White Supremacist, Neo-nazi group. This movie is unique because of one scene where a hung over Beck vomits on a suspect forcing him to confess.
