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The Red-Light Sting (1984)

The Red-Light Sting poster
Directed by
Rod Holcomb
Genre
thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
3.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Based on a true story, an FBI agent goes undercover in a prostitution sting operation. She works with local police to build a case against a powerful madam.

tensegrittypacedseriousinvestigativegroundedurban

What happens

The Red-Light Sting is a 1984 American crime thriller television film directed by Rod Holcomb and written by Howard Berk, based on true events detailed in the February 2, 1981 New York magazine article "The Whorehouse Sting" by Henry Post. It stars Farrah Fawcett, Beau Bridges, and Harold Gould. It aired on CBS on April 5, 1984. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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