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A Case of Deadly Force (1986)

crime film, docudrama, drama film, trial film

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Directors

Michael Miller

Cast

Richard Crenna

The story

Undercover officers of the Boston Tactical Patrol Force (TPF) are instructed to watch for two tall black suspects in an earlier armed robbery. During their stakeout surveilling the presumed getaway car, officers Duggan (Michael O'Hare) and Mooney (Paul O'Brien) check their guns and joke about the upcoming violence. Reporter Dave O'Brian (Anthony Heald) and a photojournalist are in the back seat of the stakeout car to write an article about the TPF team, and they take detailed notes about what happens.

Catalogue themes and tags

Drama, Docudrama, Courtroom Drama

Genres

crime film, docudrama, drama film, trial film

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