Shakedown (1988)

Directors

James Glickenhaus

Cast

Peter Weller, Sam Elliott, George Loros, Thomas G. Waites, Daryl Edwards, Jos Laniado, John C. McGinley, Blanche Baker, Shirley Stoler, Richard Brooks

The story

Roland Dalton is a burned-out, mild-mannered Manhattan public defender, and his last case before leaving legal aid is crack dealer Michael Jones, accused of shooting to death police officer Patrick O'Leary in Central Park. According to Jones, the shooting was in self-defense and Officer O'Leary was a "Blue Jean Cop" (an opportunistic police officer who robs drug dealers). Being a creature of habit, Dalton seeks the truth to his mysterious case and looks to Richie Marks, a renegade loner NYPD narcotics detective.

Genres

Film metadata comes from the open sources listed in Credits & Contact. Catalogue details may be incomplete.

Your lists

Loading your lists…