The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1988
Shakedown
Directed by
James Glickenhaus
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is for sale, anything can happen.
The story
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is for sale, anything can happen.
Cast
Peter WellerRoland Dalton
Sam ElliottRichie Marks
Patricia CharbonneauSusan Cantrell
Antonio FargasNicky 'N.C.' Carr
Blanche BakerGail Feinberger
John C. McGinleySean Phillips
Richard BrooksMichael Jones
Jude CiccolellaPatrick O'Leary
Thomas G. WaitesOfficer Kelly
Daryl EdwardsDr. Watson
Jos LaniadoRuben
Henry Judd BakerBig Leroy
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Ronald MacconeMastrangelo
Holt McCallanyRoadblock Officer
George LorosOfficer Varelli
Augusta DabneyJudge Maynard
Shirley StolerIrma
Paul BartelNight Court Judge
James EckhouseSteve Rosen
David ProvalLarry
John FinnBartender
Harold PerrineauTommie
Anthony CrivelloJulio
Tom MardirosianCab Driver
Vondie Curtis-HallSpeaker
Rockets RedglareIra
Frank WaldenStreet Race Fan (uncredited)
Julia McNealNancy
Kathryn RossetterMargaret O'Leary
Karl TaylorTV Watcher
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