Colors (1988)

120 min · Police Film, Social Drama, action film, buddy film, crime film, drama film, hood film

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Directors

Dennis Hopper

Cast

Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks, Grand L. Bush, Don Cheadle

The story

Two policemen, "Uncle" Bob Hodges, a respected LAPD officer and Vietnam veteran, and rookie officer Danny McGavin, have just been teamed together in the C.R.A.S.H. unit that patrols Northwest L.A., East L.A. and South L.A..

Catalogue themes and tags

1988, Colleague, Delinquency, Ghetto, Los Angeles, Murder of Police Man, Police, Police Brutality, Verbrecherbande, Crime Fiction, Drama, Action, Buddy film, Indie

Genres

Police Film, Social Drama, action film, buddy film, crime film, drama film, hood film

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