Shakedown

(1988)

★ 5.8 IMDb · 102 votes

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Year: 1988

Runtime: 93 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: James Glickenhaus

Cast: Питер Уэллер, Сэм Эллиотт, Патриша Шарбонно, Антонио Фаргас, Blanche Baker, Джон К. Макгинли, Ричард Брукс, Jude Ciccolella, Thomas G. Waites, Daryl Edwards

Plot

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.

A drug dealer shoots a corrupt police officer. Though the drug dealer admits his guilt, he pleads self-defense. His lawyer, Roland Dalton, and renegade loner NYPD narcotics agent Richie Marks, pursue evidence in his favor. They encounter difficulties from other corrupt police officers, drug dealers, and various street scum. Dalton's life is further complicated by the fact that the prosecuting attorney is a former lover.