Movie Type: Action Thriller, Police Detective Film
Themes: Rogue Cops, Political Corruption, Conspiracies
Main Cast: Brian Dennehy, Joe Pantoliano, Jeff Fahey, Bill Paxton, Deborra-Lee Furness
Release Year: 1990
Country: US
Run Time: 110 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Four cops make the painful discovery that not everyone on the force is upholding the law in this crime drama. Frank Daly (Brian Dennehy), Wayne Gross (Joe Pantoliano), Ricky Rodriguez (Jeff Fahey), and Howard Jones (Bill Patxon) are four undercover cops with the Los Angeles Police Department who work as a team to solve the cases that their colleagues consider too tough to handle. Under Daly's supervision, the four are trying to get the goods on a drug dealing operation working out of a meat packing plant. However, a raid on the plant uncovers little practical evidence, and Daly, a moody and hard-drinking loose cannon, is sharply criticized by his superiors for planning the bust without the input from the department heads or the FBI. Convinced that there's more to the case than they've been able to find so far, the four men begin looking into the matter on their own time. The deeper they dig, the more shocking the evidence becomes, as they learn that the police, the FBI, and even the Federal Government are involved in the smuggling operation, and the parties involved are perfectly willing to use violence and murder to keep troublemakers out of their way. After Jones is murdered while collecting evidence on a businessman in on the operation, the other three quit the police force, determined to see justice done even if they have to overstep the boundaries of the law to do it. Last of the Finest was also released under the titles Blue Heat and Street Legal. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Guy Boyd - R.J. Norringer; Henry Darrow - Capt. Joe Torres; Lisa Jane Persky - Hariett Gross; Michael Gwynne - Anthony Reece; Henry Stolow - Stant; John Finnegan - Tommy Grogan; J. Kenneth Campbell - Calvert; Patricia Clipper - Rose; Michelle Little - Anita; Xander Berkeley - Fast Eddie; Pam Gidley - Haley; Ramon Angeloni - Contras; Burke Byrnes - Comdr. Orsini; Ron Canada - Cregan; Charles Chiquette; Victor Contreras; James Delesandro; Kathleen Dennehy - Lab Technician; Chenoa Ellis - Arresting Officer; Robert Figg - Guest; James W. Gavin - Pilot; Robert Lee Jarvis - Armorer; Kimble Jemison - Scared Dealer; John D. Johnston III - Referee; Sheila Kelley - Daly Baby; Susannah Kelly; Joe Minjares; Jeanne Mori - Female Journalist; Rudy F. Morrison; Tom Nolan - Travers; Georgie Paul - Myrna; Jason Ross - Braden; Micah Rowe - Justin Daly; Patrick Stack; Michael Strasser - McCade; Frank V. Trevino - Clerk; Ray Vegas; Joey Wright - Jimmy Gross; Larry Carroll - Newsman; David Young - Paramedic; Jane Jenkins; Janet Hirshenson; Michael Simpson - Disc Jockey
Credit
Geoff Hubbard - Art Director, Darlene K. Chan - Associate Producer, William C. Jordan - Consultant/advisor, Kurt Neumann - Co-producer, Marilyn Vance - Costume Designer, William P. Scott - First Assistant Director, John MacKenzie - Director, Graham Walker - Editor, Jere Cunningham - Executive Producer, Michael Hoenig - Composer (Music Score), Jack Nitzsche - Composer (Music Score), Gordon Mills - Songwriter, Les Reed - Songwriter, Mel Berns, Jr. - Makeup, John M. Norin - Makeup, Lawrence G. Paull - Production Designer, Juan Ruiz-Anchia - Cinematographer, John Davis - Producer, William P. Scott - Producer, John Thomas Walker - Set Designer, Dale Martin - Special Effects, Kirk A. Francis - Sound/Sound Designer, Jim Halty - Stunts, Chuck Picerni, Jr. - Stunts, David R. Ellis - Stunts, Pete Antico - Stunts, George Armitage - Screenwriter, Jere Cunningham - Screenwriter, Thomas Lee Wright - Screenwriter
