Rush (1991)

120 min · Justice Drama, Police Film, crime film, drama film, neo-noir

Popularity4.5/5

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Lili Fini Zanuck

Cast

Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott, Max Perlich, William Sadler

The story

In the coastal petroleum refinery town of Katterly outside of Houston, Texas, Seasoned undercover narcotics officer Jim Raynor is told by his superior, Captain Dodd, to choose a partner from a group of recent police academy graduates for a planned undercover investigation. Raynor chooses the only female applicant, Kristen Cates. Though uneasy, Dodd approves Raynor's choice.

Catalogue themes and tags

1970s, Acquittal, Beweismaterial, Cops, Death of a friend, Drugs, Falsifying evidence, Gangsterboss, Heroin, Junkie, Losing the Love of Your Life, Mission of Murder, Murder of Police Man, Prozess, Pärchen, Rach, Retaliation, Texas, Threat to Death, Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller, Action, Drama, Film adaptation

Genres

Justice Drama, Police Film, crime film, drama film, neo-noir

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