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Dead Bang 
Theatrical release posterDirected by John Frankenheimer Produced by Robert L. Rosen
Stephen J. RothWritten by Robert Foster Starring Don Johnson
Tim Reid
Penelope Ann Miller
William Forsythe
Bob Balaban
Michael Jeter
Ron CampbellMusic by Gary Chang
Michael KamenCinematography Gerry Fisher Editing by Robert F. Shugrue Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Release date(s) 
March 29, 1989
July 14
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August 26Running time 102 min. Country U.S.A. Language English Box office $8,125,592 (domestic) Dead Bang is a 1989 action film starring Don Johnson and Tim Reid, and directed by John Frankenheimer. Johnson's character, based on real-life LAPD officer Jerry Beck, tracks the killer of a Los Angeles Sherrifs Deputy and uncovers a plot involving hate literature, white supremacist militias and arms trafficking. The cast also includes Penelope Ann Miller, William Forsythe, Bob Balaban, and Michael Jeter and Bob Everett. Filmed in Calgary, Alberta.
Plot
A police officer is shot down on Christmas Eve when he stumbles upon a robbery-homicide at a convenience store. A down-on-his-luck L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. homicide detective, Jerry Beck (Johnson), is assigned to the case. As with every case, he takes this one very emotionally, because "the job" is the last thing left in his life, and vows to get the perpetrator no matter what. The slain officer's widow further complicates the issue when she entices Beck into a one-night stand, in the hope that Beck will not only find but kill her husband's murderer. During the investigation Beck learns that the murder of a policeman was just the tip of the iceberg, as he finds the roots of the suspect are in a White Supremacist, Neo-Nazi group.
Of interest to trivia buffs-- "Jerome Beck" is listed in the film's closing credits as walk-on character Detective John, and also as the film's technical police advisor.
Cast and roles
- Don Johnson - Jerry Beck
- Penelope Ann Miller - Linda Kimble
- William Forsythe - Arthur Kressler
- Bob Balaban - Elliott Webley
- Frank Military - Bobby Burns
- Tate Donovan - John Burns
- Antoni Stutz - Ray
- Mickey Jones - Sleepy
- Ron Campbell - Crossfield
- William Traylor - Chief Elton Tremmel
- Hy Anzell - Captain Waxman
- Michael Jeter - Dr. Krantz
- Tim Reid - Chief Dixon
- James B. Douglas - Agent Gilroy
- Brad Sullivan - Chief Hillard
External links
- Dead Bang at the Internet Movie Database
- Dead Bang at AllRovi
Films directed by John Frankenheimer 1950s The Young Stranger (1957)1960s The Young Savages (1961) • All Fall Down (1962) • Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) • The Manchurian Candidate (1962) • Seven Days in May (1964) • The Train (1964) • Seconds (1966) • Grand Prix (1966) • The Fixer (1968) • The Extraordinary Seaman (1969) • The Gypsy Moths (1969)1970s I Walk the Line (1970) • The Horsemen (1971) • The Iceman Cometh (1973) • Story of a Love Story (1973) • 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974) • French Connection II (1975) • Black Sunday (1977) • Prophecy (1979)1980s 1990s The Fourth War (1990) • Year of the Gun (1991) • Against the Wall (1994) • The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) • George Wallace (1997) • Ronin (1998)2000s Reindeer Games (2000) • Path to War (2002)
Categories:- 1989 films
- 1980s action films
- Police detective films
- English-language films
- American action thriller films
- 1980s thriller films
- Action film stubs
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