Shakedown

Shakedown

Theatrical - Wide 1988-05-06

Cast Peter Weller Sam Elliott Patricia Charbonneau Antonio Fargas Blanche Baker
Directed by James Glickenhaus
Written by James Glickenhaus

Box Office Gross: $10,068,039

Running Time: 93 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment, Blue Jean Cop, Universal Pictures

Genres: Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

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When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where... See more everything is for sale, anything can happen.

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