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Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.
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Classical in form, resolved, contemporary and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Michael J. FoxNick Lang
- James WoodsJohn Moss
- Stephen LangParty Crasher
- Annabella SciorraSusan
- John CapodiceGrainy
- Luis GuzmánPooley
- LL Cool JBilly
- Mary MaraChina
- Delroy LindoCaptain Brix
- Conrad RobertsWitherspoon
Crew
- John BadhamDirector
- Daniel PyneScreenplay
- Lem DobbsScreenplay
- Robert PrimesDirector of Photography
- Donald McAlpineDirector of Photography
- Arthur B. RubinsteinOriginal Music Composer
- Tony LombardoEditor
- Frank MorrissEditor
- Michael KozollProducer
- Lem DobbsProducer
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