Shakedown

A legal attorney and renegade cop team up to stop a corrupt cop.

• Director: James Glickenhaus
• Genre:Action / Crime / Drama
• Runtime:96 minutes

Cast

Peter Weller : Roland Dalton
Sam Elliott : Richie Marks
George Loros : Officer Varelli
Thomas G. Waites: Officer Kelly
Daryl Edwards : Dr. Watson

Roland Dalton (Peter Weller), burned-out, mild-mannered Manhattan public defender, his last case before leaving legal aid is crack dealer Michael Jones (Richard Brooks), accused of shooting to death police officer Patrick O’Leary in Central Park. According to Jones, the shooting was in self-defence and that officer O’Leary was a ‘Blue Jean Cop’ (an opportunistic police officer who robs drug dealers).

Being a ‘creature of habit’, Dalton seeks the truth to his mysterious case and looks to Richie Marks (Sam Elliott), a renegade loner NYPD narcotics agent. In a Times Square movie theatre, Dalton presses Richie Marks on the O’Leary case. “Go to his house. Cops don’t know shit about hiding money”, says Marks.

The following night, and doing just that, Dalton breaks into Officer O’Leary’s garage to find “a brand new bright red Porsche Cabriolet Turbo”. Both Roland Dalton and Richie Marks are starting to suspect the same: a large NYPD corruption scandal involving many fellow officers, protection money and drug baron Nikki Carr (Antonio Fargas).

In a twist, Dalton realizes the prosecutor in his last case is a former love interest, the smart and sexy Susan Cantrell (Patricia Charbonneau). Throughout the trial Roland rekindles this former affair with Susan unbeknown to his fiancée Gail (Blanche Baker).

Meanwhile, Richie Marks is frustrated by fellow cops on the take and an apparent incompetent justice system (Nicki Carr surprises the judge by pulling USD $1,000,000 cash bail out of a suitcase at five minutes to midnight). Outside, Dalton is harassed by New York beat cops. Read more

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