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Dead Bang (1989)

Dead Bang poster
Directed by
John Frankenheimer
Genre
action film, crime film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
R
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 116 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Los Angeles sheriff's detective hunts down the killer of a fellow deputy. The investigation leads him into a violent world of white supremacist militias and illegal weapons dealing.

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What happens

Dead Bang is a 1989 American action thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller, William Forsythe, Bob Balaban, and Tim Reid. Johnson's character, based on real-life LASD Detective Jerry Beck, tracks the killer of a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy and uncovers a plot involving hate literature, white supremacist militias and arms trafficking. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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